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21 Cards in this Set
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas
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1954 Supreme Court Case in which racial segregation in public schools was outlawed.
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Protest in 1955-1956 by African Americans against racial segregation in the bus system of Montgomery, Alabama.
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Integration
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Process of bringing people of differnet races together.
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Interracial
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Between, among, or involving people of differnet races.
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Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
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Orginization founded by pacifists in 1942 to promote racial equality through peaceful means.
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
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Civil rights orginization that advocated nonviolent protest; formed in 1957 by Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. and other leaders.
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Nonviolent Protest
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A peaceful way of protesting agaisnt restrictive polocies.
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
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Founded in 1960, a student civil rights orginization and an offshoot of the SCLC.
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Sit-in
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Form of protest in which protesters seat themselves and refuse to move.
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Freedom Ride
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1961 Event organized by CORE and SNCC in which an interracial
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March on Washington
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1963 civil rights demonstration in Washington D.C. inwhich protesters called for "jobs and freedom".
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Filibuster
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A tactic in which senators prevent a vote on a measure by taking the floor and refusing to stop talking.
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Cloture
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In the senate, a three-fifths vote to limit debate and call for a vote on an issue.
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Law that made discriminaton illegal in a number of areas, including voting, schools, and jobs.
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Law aimed at reducing the barriers that prevented African Americans from voting, in part by increasing the federal government's authority to register voters.
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Twenty-fourth Amendment
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Constitutional amendment ratified in 1964 to outlaw the poll tax.
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Nation of Islam
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Orginization, also called the Black Muslims, dedicated to black seperation and self-help.
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Black Nationalism
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A belief in the seperate identity and racial unity of the African American community.
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Black Power
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African American movement seeking unity and self-reliance.
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de jure segregation
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Racial segregation created by law.
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de facto segregation
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Seperation caused by social conditions such as poverty.
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