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Atlanta born Civil Rights activist that believed in non-violent protests.; gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington.

• Rosa Parks

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Cesar Chavez

• Thurgood Marshall

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.

• Brown vs. the Board of Education

• 13th Amendment

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Jim Crow Laws

President who was assassinated during a campaign visit in Dallas, Texas, by Lee Harvey Oswald for his Civil Rights efforts

• Robert Kennedy

• Thurgood Marshall

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• John F. Kennedy

Outlawed racial discrimination in the workplace and in public places, including schools.

• 13th Amendment

• Jim Crow Laws

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1964

Separation of two or more races based on skin color

• segregation

• racism

• oppression

• facism

The Civil Rights Movement is mostly characterized by-

• non-violent civil disobedience

• violence and riots

• economic prosperity

• political corruption

Growth in economic and political chances for minority citizens was achieved by civil disobedience methods like-

• Marches, Freedom Rides, and Sit-ins

• Riots, Boycotts, and Guerilla Warfare

• Protests, Sit-ins, and Riots

Challenged the federal government to enforce Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation

• Freedom Rides

• Sit-ins

• Marches

• Boycotts

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

• allow children to work.
• to pay black people less than white people.
• to return a slave.
• to segregate schools.

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Which US president signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

• Lyndon B. Johnson
• John F. Kennedy

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