CIVIL RIGHTS FLASHCARD 2

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Nonviolent protest, where protesters occupied space in order to protest segregation.

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Sit-In

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Who was arrested for refusing to give up their seat on a bus?

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Rosa Parks

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Who wrote "I Have a Dream" and delivered it to thousands in Washington, DC?

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

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An organization formed in 1960 to coordinate sit-ins and other protests and to give young blacks a larger role in the civil rights movement.

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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 

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Where did the first sit-ins for civil rights take place?

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at lunch counters

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In the 1954 trial of Brown v Board of Education, the US Supreme Court ruled that

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racially segregated public schools are unconstitutional

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Prohibits racial discrimination in voting and was passed into law as a result of the March to Selma.

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

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Outlawed racial discrimination in the workplace and in public places, including schools.

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

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Leader who worked to improve treatment, pay, and working conditions for farm workers.

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Cesar Chavez

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Group formed to advance rights of minorities

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NAACP