Civil Rights

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The NAACP is an organization that...

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Challenged the separate but equal doctrine in the American court system, fights to win racial inequality by challenging the law and fighting for changes in the constitution, and stands for "The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People".

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Who was the main leader of the Civil Rights Movement?

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

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These black teenagers were the first to integrate into Little Rock Central High.

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Little Rock Nine

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Keeping things or people separate

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segregation

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Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal to segregate schools.

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to segregate schools.

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Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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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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What was the goal of the Black Panthers?

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to convince African Americans to support "black power"

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The main goal of the freedom riders was to

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pressure the federal government to enforce the law banning segregation on interstate buses

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What was the major goal of the American Indian Movement (AIM)?

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to obtain greater understanding of the American-Indian point of view