GAS SS8H11: Unit 11 Study Guide

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Thurgood Marshall:

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Argued the Brown v. Board of Education case in front of the Supreme Court

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Which court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson?

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Brown v. Board of Education

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What did many people believe the 1956 Georgia State flag was in response to?

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Georgia's resistance to the federal government's integration laws

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The Sibly Commission:

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held public hearings to see how Georgians felt about the integration

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The Sibly Commission found that:

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2 out of 3 Georgians would rather see schools close than integrated.

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What was the Civil Rights Movement?

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African Americans fought against racial descrimination and segregation

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Martin Luther King Jr.:

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Was a student of Benjamin Mays, Was the leader of the Civil Rights Movement, Led the March on Washington.

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Led Anti-discrimination marches and protests throughout the South:

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Souther Christian Leadership Conference

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A group of college students who held sit-ins at segregated restaurants along with promoted voter registration

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Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

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Which movement lasted from the fall of 1961 to the Summer of 1962 and whose goal was to end all types of segregation in Albany, GA?

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Albany Movement