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18 Cards in this Set
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Civil Rights Movement
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struggle for racial equality; began around May 17, 1954 when the Supreme Court outlawed segregation in public schools to April 4, 1968 when Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated
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Segregation
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practice of separating people of different races, classes, and ethnic groups as a form of discrimination
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Integration
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the act of mixing different racial or religious groups into one whole group
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Oppression
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cruel exercise of power; feeling of being heavily weighed down in mind or body
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Persevere
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to persist in a purpose, idea, or task in the face of obstacles or discouragement; to continue to try to pursue a goal
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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
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Supreme Court ruling that stated that blacks were to use separate facilities as long as they were equal ("separate but equal"); however, southern states never provided equal facilities
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Jim Crow Laws
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separate laws for blacks (buses, theaters, restaurants, hotels, trains, marriage, etc...); passed in southern states mostly
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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launched legal campaigns against racial injustice and violence; organized people to reform; brought on lawsuits that challenged unfair laws; still active today
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954)
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Supreme Court decision that "ended" segregation of blacks an whites in public schools; provided hope to black Americans
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Thurgood Marshall
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black lawyer for NAACP who challenged segregation in schools; associate justice of the Supreme Court from 1967-1991
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower
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president during integration of CHS on Little Rock; ordered troops to be sent to Little Rock to protect the Little Rock Nine
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Governor Faubus
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governor of Arkansas during time period of the integration of CHS in Little Rock: he was a segregationist
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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raised funds for integration campaigns throughout the south- black ministers, like MLK became spiritual force behind the movement
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Mahatma Gandhi
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led nonviolent peace demonstrations for independence in India; inspired MLK
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Ku Klux Klan
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secret group of white supremacists who organized to try to stop black reform: responsible for torturing, killing, and lynching thousands of blacks and whites who helped in the CRM
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1964 Civil Rights Act
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outlawed segregation in public areas
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The Arkansas National Guard
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group of soldiers ordered by Governor Faubus to make sure integration did not happen in Arkansas
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101st Airborne Division
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soldiers ordered by President Eisenhower to protect LR9 and help the integrate CHS
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