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NAACP mounted a much broader challenge to segregated public education at all grade levels.
sig: challenged the "separate but equal" principle

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Rosa Parks was asked to give up her seat to a white passenger
Sig: took direct action to end segregation

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Nine African Americans were denied acess to enroll in Central High School
Sig: Most famous battle with Brown's decision

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Efforts of civil rights forces caused Congress to pass the Civil Rights Ac of 1957
sig: established the United States Civil Rights Commission and gave it the power to investigate violations of civil rights

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Goal was to create a grass roots movement established by young activists
sig: involved all classes of African Americans in the struggle to defeat white racism and to obtain equality

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Core staged a "freedom ride" which riders set off in two separate buses fromWashington DC bound ofr New Orleans. White mobs attacked the riders
sig: defied segregationist codes and caused John F Kennedy to intervene.

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MLK and the SCLC targeted Birmingham, Alabama for a major civil rights campaign because of its reputation as the most segregated city in the South. King was arrested from his jail cell, he wrote a letter explaining why he and other civil rights activists were tired of waiting for reform.
sig: describes King's concern about the impact of discrimination on his children

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MLK delivers his "I have a Dream" speech by the Lincoln Memorial with more than 200,000 demonstrators and lots of festivity.
sig: One of the largest political demonstrations in US history

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Banned the poll tax which prevented African Americans from voting.
sig: African Americans had the freedom to vote

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Banned segegation in public accommodations and gave the federal government the ability to compel state and local school boards to deseregate their schools.
sig: outlawed discrimination in employment on account of race, color, sex, or national origin.

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1000 volunteers, mostly black and white students were to flood Mississippi to register African Americans to vote. They also formed the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to give African Americans a voice in state politics.
sig: more direct involvement in the political process

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Malcon X became the Nation of Islams most prominent minister. He was a charismatic speaker who could play an audience as great musicians play instruments. Was shot and killed by three members of the Nation of Islam
sig: many young African Americans moved away from the principle of nonviolence.

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MLK and the SCLC organized a major campaign in Selma, Alabama to pressure the federal government to enact voting rights legislation. Were attacked by stat tropers on "Bloody Sunday"
sig: President Johnson went on national teleision and called for a strong federal voting irghts law

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Spurred by the actions of protesters, lobbying, and the words of the President
sig: Banned literacy tests and empowered the federal governemnt to oversee voting registration

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Shot on the balcony outside his motel room by James Earl Ray.
sig: marked an important turning point