Civil Rights

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Segregation laws instituted by states following the Civil War were known as:

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Jim Crow Laws

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Who helped launch the Montgomery, Al bus boycotts?

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Rosa Parks

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Which statement best summarizes the opinion concerning segregation in Brown v. Board of Education? Options: The Fourteenth Amendment does not mention public education., Some earlier court decisions allowed schools to segregate students on the basis of race., An earlier court decision allowed “separate but equal” school facilities for white and African American children.

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It is unconstitutional for public schools to segregate students on the basis of race.

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Arkansas Democratic Governor who became the national symbol of racial segregation when he used Arkansas National Guard to block the integration of Little Rock High School.

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Orval Faubus

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Group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957.

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Little Rock Nine

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Eliminated various devices, such as literacy tests, that had traditionally been used to restrict voting by black people.

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

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What eventually was passed as a result of the Freedom Rides, March to Washington and Lunch counter sit-ins?

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Civil Rights Act 1964

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Dr. king gave a famous speech called, _____________.

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"I have a Dream"

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__________ for all people is what Martin Luther King, Jr. was fighting for.

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Civil rights

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Throwback: When was the Voting Rights Act passed?

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1965