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Term | Definition |
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James Farmer | Created Congress of Racial Equality |
Hector P. Garcia | Founded the American GI Forum |
Lyndon B Johnson | Signed Civil Rights Act 1964 |
Susan B. Anthony | Quaker who fought for women's suffrage |
Thurgood Marshel | Civil Right Leader who was a Supreme Court justice |
African American | 2nd largest minority group in Texas |
Hispanics | Expected to have the highest increase in population through 2015 |
Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Made it illegal for public places in discriminate based on race. |
Poll Tax | Tax that charged people to vote... African Americans could not pay in many cases. |
House Bill 72 | Origin of the "No pass, no play". |
Maquiladoras | U.S. assembly plants south of the Mexican border. |
Robin Hood Plan | Law passed in 1993 requiring wealthier to share money with poorer districts. |
Boycott | When a government stops trade with another government. |
Legislative Branch | Branch of government that makes laws |
Executive Branch | Branch of the government that carries out the law |
Judicial Branch | Branch of the government that decides if laws are fair |
Gilmer-Aiken Bills | L |