Civil Rights Movement Flashcards

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Brown v. The Board of Education Topeka, Kansas

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1954 Supreme Court decision that declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.

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Little Rock Nine

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Nine Black students who integrated Central High School in Arkansas in 1957 under federal troop protection.

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Rosa Parks

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Refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama; sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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Montgomery Bus Boycott

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1955–1956 protest led by MLK Jr. against segregated buses after Rosa Parks’ arrest.

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Emmett Till

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14-year-old Black boy brutally murdered in Mississippi in 1955; his open-casket funeral shocked the nation and galvanized the civil rights movement.

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S.C.L.C. and S.N.C.C. protest methods

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Nonviolent, direct action such as marches, sit-ins, and voter registration drives.

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Sit Ins

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Peaceful protests where Black students would sit at segregated lunch counters and demand service.

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Freedom Riders

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Interracial activists who rode buses through the South to challenge segregation in interstate bus terminals.

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James Meredith

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First Black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi in 1962, protected by federal troops.

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Letter From a Birmingham Jail

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Written by MLK Jr. in 1963 defending nonviolent protest against racism.