Civil Rights

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What was Brown v. Board of Education?

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A court case in which the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional to have separate public schools for black and white students.

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Who was Thurgood Marshall?

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He was the lawyer that represented the Brown family in Brown v. Board of Education.

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What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

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African Americans in Montgomery, Alabama boycotted the buses until buses were desegregated because Rosa Parks was arrested for not moving to the back of a bus.

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Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?

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African American who fought segregation with non violent protests for example, Nashville Sit-Ins and gave his "I Have a Dream" speech to thousands.

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Who were the Clinton Twelve?

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Twelve black students who attended Clinton High School in Tennessee even after the school was dynamited.

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What were Tent Cities?

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Set up by African Americans in Fayette and Haywood Counties in Tennessee, after being evicted from their homes for being registered voters.

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What was the Highlander Folk School?

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A social justice leadership training school and cultural center in Tennessee that trained many for the Civil Rights Movement.

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Who was Diane Nash?

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She was a Civil Rights Movement activist who organized sit-ins at Nashville lunch counters and Freedom Riders as a non-violent campaign to end segregation.

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Who were the Freedom Riders?

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African Americans rode interstate buses in the South to challenge local laws or customs that enforced segregation in seating.

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What were Nashville Sit-Ins?

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Non-violent campaigns by the Nashville Student Movement to desegregate downtown lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee.