Civil Rights Review

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The use of peaceful means, not force, to bring about political or social change

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nonviolence

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Bringing separate groups together

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integration

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People who protest to call attention to a cause, like civil rights

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activist

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Keeping things or people separate

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segregation

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Was originally a theater character, but became a term that described things related to African Americans

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Jim Crow

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More than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C., for a political rally for jobs and freedom.

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March on Washington

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Refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus.

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Rosa Parks

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Desegregated all public schools. This was a major court case that involved Linda Brown attending an all-black school when an all-white school was closer to her home.

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Brown vs. the Board of Education

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First African American Supreme Court judge. He was the attorney for Linda Brown with Brown vs. the Board of Education.

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Thurgood Marshall

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When African Americans refused to ride the public busses as a sign of protest; this began when Rosa Parks was jailed for refusing to give up her seat to a black man.

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Montgomery Bus Boycott