Civil Rights #1

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Her arrest in Montgomery started the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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Rosa Parks

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He was pastor who became the head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and advocated for nonviolence.

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

Front

What 1896 Supreme Court case upheld the doctrine of separate but equal?

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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What 1954 Supreme Court case overturned the separate but equal ruling?

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Brown v. Board of Ed.

Front

What city held a boycott of public buses that lasted for 381 days before forcing action by the Supreme Court?

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Montgomery, AL

Front

Which was a result of the segregation of lunch counters?

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sit-in movement

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Why was nonviolence so successful?

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The violent response provoked moral outrage

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What was a common goal of the sit-ins and Freedom Rides?

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end segregation in public areas (restaurants, restrooms...)

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The Civil Rights Act of 1964...

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banned discrimination in employment and public accommodations

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What were freedom rides?

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bus trips to southern cities to protest segregated bus terminals