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segregation
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a separation of people of different races.
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NAACP
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had worked on behalf of African Americans since its founding in 1909.
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Plessy vs. Ferguson
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it had ruled that "separate but equal" public facilities were legal.
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Thurgood Marshal
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the chief lawyer for the NAACP, to challenge the idea of "separate but equal."
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
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*Dec. 1952
*Thurgood Marshall argued that segregated schools were not and could not be equal to white schools *Because of this, SEGREGATED SCHOOLS VIOLATED THE 14TH AMENDMENT!! *May 17, 1954, this decision reversed the decision in Plessy vs. Ferguson |
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Integrating
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bringing races together in public schools.
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Little rock, Arkansas
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*Central High school, an all white high school, had to admit African American students.
*On the first day of school, the state's national guard blocked the entrance to the school and blocked 9 African American. |
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Orval Faubus
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Arkansas governor who opposed integration of schools
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Elizabeth Eckford
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A 15 yr. old African American who tried to squeeze past a member of the national guard while trying to go to Central High school on the first day of integration.
*he raised his bayonet, and then the other guards moved in and raised their bayonets. |
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Rosa Parks
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*African American refused to move to the back of the bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
*she was taken off the bus and fined $10 *this event led to the boycott of buses and the eventual change of policy. |
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boycott
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a refusal to use something
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Dr. Martin Luther king Jr.
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made an impact on the crowd. he said "We're here b/c, first and foremost, we are American citizens, and we are determined to acquire are citizenship to the fullness of its meaning. We are tired of being segregated and humiliated, tired of being kicked about by the brutal feet of oppression."
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A Philip Randolph
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Dr. Martin Luther King followed this persons tactics.
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Mohandas Gandhi
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had used nonviolent protest to help India gain independence from Great Britain.
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civil disobedience
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the refusal to obey laws that are considered unjust.
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SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)
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*this organization emphasized nonviolent protests.
*they prepared African Americans for the struggle for equal rights. |
