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Social Studie
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Brown vs. Board of Education | 1954 Supreme Court Case which ruled segregation in public school violates 14th amendment |
| Sent Paratroopers to escort the Little Rock Nice | President Eisenhower |
| Thurgood Marshall | First African American Supreme Court Justice / NAACP attorney who argued Brown v Education |
| Little Rock Crisis | 9 black students attempted to integrate Central High School leading to a stand off between the state and federal government |
| Orval Faubus | Arkansas Governor that sent National Guard to Stop black students from attending Little Rock Central High school |
| Dr. Martin Luther King inspiration | Mohndas Ghandi (Great Soul) |
| Rosa Parks | Arrest for refusing to give up her seat to a white rider on a Montgomery bus. Sparked Montgomery Bus Boycott |
| SNCC Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee | Student Led organization to help organize sit-ins across the South, empowering student |
| SCLC Southern Christian Leadership Conference | Civil Rights organization founded in 1957 influenced by A . Philip Randolph |
| Freedom Riders | CORE Congress of Racial Equality / Rode interstate buses to segregated bus stations in southern states |
| March on Washington August 28, 1963 | Dr. MLK made I have a dream speech. |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Laws Passed after Kennedy 's assassination: 1. Protect Voting rights. 2. End racial segregation in public places / 3.Public Schools 4 Creating the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 5.Allow the government the power to enforce the law. |
| SNCC | Organized the Freedom Summer to conduct voter registration drives in the South |
| What was the primary goals of the Black Power Movement | Promote racial equality and justice. |
| Nation of Islam | Malcolm X was a member of this organization |
| Economic power | What type of power did the Black Power movement focus on besides racial equality and justice. |
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