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Civil Rights
Question | Answer |
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What happened on Feb.1,1960 In Greensboro N.C | sit ins |
Sit in | Demostraiton in which protesters sit down and refuse to leave |
Martin Luther King Jr. | great speaker who inspired people |
Boycott means | to refrain from |
Montgomery Bus Boycott | refused to ride the buses |
Rose Parks | arrested for refusing to give up her seat for a white |
What insulting situations did African Americans face in riding buses in Montgomery, Alabama | Had to site in the bakc of seat. |
Elizabeth Eckford | she went be herself to central high and met a angery mob |
Little rock nine | nine student who got to a white school |
Brown v. Board of Educaiton | Linda Brown went tried to go the white school but wasn't allowed. Her father sued the board of education |
Some things NAACP tried to accomplish | Hold teams that challenged segregation |
NAACP | National Advacment Association for colored people |
What orders in 1948 did Truman issued 2 executive orders | "Comilte on Civil Rights |
Fair Equal Employment rights | Banned discrimincation when hiring workers to labor force" |
Ellanor Roosevelt | Worked publicy for minority rights. |
Plessy v. Ferguson | Plessy bought a ticket on a train and refused to leave white only section. The court's rulling was seperate but equal |
What ruling did the Supreme Court make about the 14th Amendment | Applied only to State And Goverment |
In 1883 what ruling did the Supreme Court make about the Civil Rights Act of 1875 | uncoustional |
What were some things that happened as a result of these laws | African American challenged Laws in supreme court |
What were Jim Crow Laws | Laws that required segregation |
What is legal segreagation | The forced seperation in public places |
What were things done to stop african americans from voting | Poll Tax and Literacy test. |
Civil Rights Act of 1875 | Granted Equal Rights in public places |