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| Author of "To Kill a Mockingbird" |
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| Brown v. Board of Education |
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| Ended segregation in schools; Linda Brown has to walk to get the bus to school, even though there is a school a few blocks away |
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| Created "separate but equal" rules for African Americans; Created and allowed segregation among blacks and whites |
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| Nine black men are accused of raping two white women; The event in which Harper Lee based her book on |
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| This person is arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus; Seamstress during civil rights movement |
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| Suspended from the University of Alabama in 1956 |
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| Leader for a non-violent end to segregation |
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| Little Rock Arkansas Violence 1957 |
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| The National Gaurd was called to prevent African American students from going to the public high school |
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| University of Alabama Violence 1956 |
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| The police arrived too late for this violence in Alabama against a non-violent group |
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| Buses began in Washington DC and led to a non-violent campaign |
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| Civil Rights Act of 1964/1968 |
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| Abolishes Jim Crow Laws; Prohibits discrimination in schools, housing, hiring for jobs, ect |
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| Hate group that uses violence to enforce segregation |
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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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| Declares the end of slavery; Written by Abraham Lincoln |
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| Group who works for the advancement of African American rights |
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| Violent leader who fought for African American rights |
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| Got rid of literacy tests and poll taxes |
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| Gathering in Washington DC to show the effect of votijng |
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