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Regents- Civil Right
A review of the Civil Rights Movement for the NYS Regents
Question | Answer |
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Group of students who forced intergration into schools caused major national controversy | Little Rock Nine |
Civil rights leader who was arrested after refusing to move her seat on a bus | Rosa Parks |
Boycotts which sprung up surrounding the controversy of Rosa Park's arrest | Montgomery Bus Boycott |
Group which fought for African American rights, often supplying them with legal aid | NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) |
Civil rights leader well known for his practice of civil disobedience and his "I Have A Dream Speech" | Martin Luther King Jr. |
Controversial civil rights leader who originally advocated violence but later became a pacifist | Malcolm X |
Mexican American civil rights leader who fought for the rights of migrant workers and farmers | Cesar Chavez |
Supreme Court justice commonly known as an activist judge for his rulings which changed society | Chief Justice Earl Warren |
Law which forced both public and private institutions to make accomendations for people with disabilities | Americans with Disabilities Act |