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civil rights movement
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| who is Thurgood Marshall | He is the NAACP attorney. He led the courtroom battles against segregation. |
| Brown v. Board of Education | In the early 1950's several school segregation cases came together under the title of Brown v. Board of Education |
| Little Rock Nine | It allowed nine outstanding black students to attened Central High School. These students became known as the Little Rock Nine. |
| Rosa Parks | The first black person to sit in front of the bus and refuse to sit in the back. She was taken to jail. |
| Montgomery bus Boycott | thousands of African Americans stopped riding the buses. |
| Martin Luther King Jr | A young Babtist Minister. The 26 year old King already had a reputation as a powerful speaker whose words could motivate and inspire listerners. |
| Sit In | a demonstration in which protesters sit down and refuse to leave |
| Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee SNCC | To continue the struggle for civil rights, the leaders of the student protests formed the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the spring of 1960 |