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41 Cards in this Set
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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an alliance fo church based African American organizatinos dedicated to ending discrimination
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Martin Luther King
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Spokesperson of civil rights, minister from the south
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Nonviolent Resistance
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required that protestors didn't use violence at any point in time
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Sit ins
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Demonstrators protest by sitting down in a location and refusing to leave
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SNCC
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a loose association of student activists from through out the south
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CORE
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Northern based civil rights group hoped to laungh new non violent protests against racial discrimination.
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Freedom Riders
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integrated group that went on a bus ride through the south
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T Eugene Connor
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blamed freedom riders for the violence that ensued
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Diane Nash
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Leader of SNCC
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James Merideth
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an African American applicant
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Laurie Pritchett w
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Plice chief that was prepared for the demonstrators
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
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banned discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
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Robert Moses
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selected McComb, mississippi a town of 12,00 citizens to register the first black voters.
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COFO
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coordinated voter registration drives
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Twenty-fourth Amendment
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banned the payment of poll txes as a condition for voting in federal elections
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Freedom Summer
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SNCC recruited volunteers on university campuses in northern states to attend training classes in Ohio before heading to Mississippi.
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Andrew Goodman
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College student who disappeared
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James Chaney and Michael Schwerner
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Were murdered along with Goodman
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MFDP
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Mississippi freedom democratic party
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Fannie Lou Hamer
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an african american who lost her job and house when she registered to vote in 1962.
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Put the entire registration process under federal control
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James Farmer
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CORE director who explained, " We no longer are a tight fellow ship of a few dedicated advocates....
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Nation of Islam
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What militants were attracted to
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Elijah Muhammad
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Leader of the black muslims
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Malcolm X
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A charismatic young minister
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Stokely Carmichael
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SNCC member who said, " what you want is the nation to be upstet when anybody is killed..."
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Black Power
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Called for black seperatism
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Bobbye Seale and Huey Newton
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worked together and started the Black Panther Party
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Kerner Commission
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investigated the violence in detroit
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Poor Peoples Campaign
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Included a march on Washington DC to protest a misuse of govt. spending
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Put the entire registration process under federal control
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James Farmer
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CORE director who explained, " We no longer are a tight fellow ship of a few dedicated advocates....
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Nation of Islam
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What militants were attracted to
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Elijah Muhammad
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Leader of the black muslims
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Malcolm X
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A charismatic young minister
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Black Power
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Movement that called for black separatism
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Bobby Seale and Huey Newton
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Began the black panther party
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Black Panther Party
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Party that platformed, " lack people will not be free duntil we are free to determine our own destny"
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dKerner Commission
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appointed to investigate urbane violence
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Poor People's Campaign
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King's campaing that included a march on Washington DC
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Ralph Abernathy
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Inspired marchers on their way to capitol hill
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