Civil Rights Movement

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Became Supreme Court justice

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Thurgood Marshall

Question 2

In the early 1950s, five school segregation cases from Delaware, Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, and Washington D.C, came together under the title of

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Brown v. Board of Education.

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It allowed nine outstanding black students to attend Central High School. These students became known as the

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Little Rock Nine

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This person would not give up her seat

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Rosa Parks

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Thousands of African Americans stopped riding the buses

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Montgomery bus boycott

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This person was a famous speaker and he helped lead the Montgomery bus boycott

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Martin Luther king Jr.

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A demonstration in which protesters sit down and refuse to leave

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Sit-in

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To continue the struggle for civil rights, the leaders of the student protests formed the

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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

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He won the election of 1960, he became the youngest person ever elected president.

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John F. Kennedy

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To accomplish this, core, organized a series of protests called the…

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Freedom rides

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A massive demonstration for civil rights

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March on Washington

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Was quickly sworn into president after Kennedy was killed

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Lyndon B. Johnson

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The act banned segregation in public places. It also outlawed discrimination in the workplace on the basis of color, gender, religion, or national origin

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Civil Rights Act

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Which Johnson signed into law in August. This law gave the federal government new powers to protect African Americans voting rights

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

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His program of domestic reforms that he called the

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Great Society

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Movement, which called for African American independence

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Black Power

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Helped inspire the Black Power movement

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Malcolm X

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This union was committed to the goal of better pay and working conditions for migrant farm workers-those who move seasonally from farm to farm for work.

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United Farm Workers

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Was one of many Hispanic Americans who worked to improve conditions.

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Cesar Chavez

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Described the dissatisfaction some women felt with their traditional roles of wife, mother, and homemaker.

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Betty Friedan

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To fight for equal educational and career opportunities for women.

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National Organization for Women

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Was elected to represent a New York City district in the House of Representatives. She was the first African American woman elected to the U.S. Congress.

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Shirley Chisholm

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Would outlaw all descrimination based on sex.

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Equal rights amendment

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A conservative activists, founded the group stop ERA to prevent its ratification.

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Phyllis schlafly

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Founded in 1968 to fight for Native Americans rights.

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American Indian movement

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To make people aware of challenges facing people with disabilities.

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Disabled in action