Civil Rights Movements in America

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Civil Rights of African Americans

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Rights and freedoms that belong to individuals in the United States.

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Equal Protection of the Law

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The principle that laws should apply equally to all individuals.

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“Separate but Equal”

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A legal doctrine that justified racial segregation.

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Segregation

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The enforced separation of different racial groups.

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WEB DuBois

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An African American sociologist and civil rights activist.

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Booker T. Washington

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An African American educator and leader who advocated for vocational training.

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Civil Disobedience

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The active refusal to obey certain laws as a form of protest.

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Nonviolence

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A philosophy of peaceful protest against injustice.

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Integration

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The process of bringing different racial groups together.

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Freedom Rides

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Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses to challenge segregation.