Vocab Ch. 28 Sec. 1 Flashcards
1
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Thurgood Marshall
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NAACP attorney, Supreme Court justice.
2
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Brown vs. board of education 1
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A fight against segregation
3
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Little Rock nine
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nine outstanding black students were given permission to attend Central High school.
4
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Rosa parks
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Got arrested for not giving her seat to a white man.
5
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Montgomery bus boycott
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Thousands of African Americans stopped riding the busses.
6
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Had a reputation as a powerful speaker.
7
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Sit-in
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Demonstration in which protesters sit down and refuse to leave.
8
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SNCC (students nonviolent coordinating committee)
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SNCC trained protestors and organized civil rights demonstrations.
