6th Grade 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 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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A belief that people of one race are superior to the people of another

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racism

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A policy of keeping people of different races separate.

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segregation

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Protests in the 1950s and 1960s against the unfair treatment of African Americans and other minorities.

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civil rights movement

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Until 1954, classrooms in America were

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segregated

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What is a segregated school?

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White students and African American student going to different schools.

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Who was the lawyer who argued for the end to segregated schools?

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Thurgood Marshall

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What is an integrated school?

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When students from all different backgrounds go to school together.

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Today, you go to a school that is

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integrated