Civil Rights Movement

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Court case that ruled that segregated schools are inherently unequal, ending the separate but equal doctrine.

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Brown v. Board of Education

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What banned the use of literacy tests?

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Voting Rights Act

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Why was Brown v. Board of Education famous?

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To rule that it is illegal to segregate schools.

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What is one way that Thurgood Marshall contributed to the Civil Rights movement?

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He won the court case Brown v. Board of Education which led to the desegregation of public schools.

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The policy of "separate but equal" was used to

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justify the practice of legal racial segregation.

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Why were federal troops sent to Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957?

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To protect African American students who were attending an all-white high school.

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What event was organized after Rosa Parks was arrested?

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Montgomery bus boycott

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The Plessy v. Ferguson ruling of 1896 established that laws segregating African Americans were permitted in the so-called...

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"separate but equal" doctrine.

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What did the president do for the Little Rock 9?

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He sent US soldiers to escort them to school each day.

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This type of segregation is created and maintained by laws.

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