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Assassination of MLK Jr.
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Brown vs. Board of Education
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Sit-ins (Raleigh, NC)
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| Selma March to Montgomery |
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"Little Rock Nine"
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Montgomery Bus Boycott begins:
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Founded in 1911
Helped African Americans move to major cities and helped them find homes and jobs |
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Congress of Racial Equality
Founded in 1942
Dedicated to bring change with non violent protests |
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Founded in 1957
Organization of Christian Ministers who promoted non violent Civil Rights protests in the south |
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Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee
Founded in 1960
gave younger African Americans a greater voice in the Civil Rights movement |
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Founded in 1966
based on "self-defense" |
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Founded in 1910
interracial organization that challenged laws that prevented African Americans from exercising their rights |
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| to convince congress to pass the civil rights laws |
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| to help in desegregating bus terminals |
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| to get voting rights passed |
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| One of Malcolm X's principles |
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| keep separate from whites |
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| Keep separate from white society and lead their own communities |
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| Brown vs. Board of Education |
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| "separate but equal" unconstitutional |
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| "case of chickens come home to roost" |
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| eliminated "white only" public facilities |
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| Brown vs. Board of Education 2 |
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| Laws must be followed "with all deliberate speed" |
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| 14 year old African American boy that was murdered while visiting his family in Mississippi |
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| Main Points of "I Have A Dream" |
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All people are created equal
integrated society
racial justice
don't look back but keep going forward till all racial injustice is gone
Inspirational look at the future where:
there is racial integration; everyone is treated the same; the oppression of blacks is turned to freedom and justice |
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| Philosophies of Martin Luther King |
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Non violent protesting
speak out against violence
Passive Resistance
use "weapons of love" |
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| Philosophies of Malcolm X |
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suspicious of whites
willing to use any means necessary: Violence is ok
believed in Black Power: blacks should remain separate from whites but recognize that the blacks were a superior race
Changed to integration after traveling to Mecca |
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| Why did MLK decide to hold demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama? |
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| because it was the most segregated city in the US |
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| What was one major result of the passing of the 1965 Voting Rights? |
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| Many African American's were elected to offices at all levels |
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