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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Plessy v. Ferguson | Who’s in which the Supreme Court ruled that segregated equal but separate public accommodations for blacks and whites |
| Brown v. Board of education | A supreme court case that ended racial segregation in American public schools |
| Thugood Marshall | Influential leader of the civil rights movement |
| Martin Luther King junior | A big influence in the civil rights movement also have this I have a dream speech |
| Orval faubus | He was not happy with The interrogation of Little Rock schools and he would continue to fight for you to stop |
| Southern Democrats | Members of the US Democratic Party who reside in the southern United States in the 19th century southern Democrats are whites in the south who believed in Jackson on democracy |
| Southern Democrats Freedom rides | Groups of white and Africa American civil rights activist who participated in freedom riders |
| Letter from Birmingham jail | A letter from Martin Luther King junior |
| Civil rights act of 1964 | The civil rights act prohibits discrimination on the basis of race color religion six or national origin |
| Voting rights act of 1965 | Gave African-Americans the right to toe |
| Black panthers | Protesters |
| Malcolm X | Human rights activist and prominent black nationalist leader who served as spokesman |