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21 sec. 1 Fighting Segregation
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Plessy vs. Ferguson Law in 1896 which legislated separate but equal
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1900’s Segregation Great Migration - Blacks went north during WWI Blacks had separate schools, streetcars, bathrooms
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Black Schools
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White School, same district
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NAACP National Association for Advancement of Colored People Developed a Strategy to Challenge Laws against the Supreme Court
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Brown vs. Board of Education Numerous cases lumped together in one Brown - Topeka, Kansas
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Brown vs. Board of Ed. decision Plessy vs. Ferguson struck down Students were affected in 21 states Some states had little problem Others vowed resistance (Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi)
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Southern Manifesto 90 members of congress “resist desegregation by all lawful means.”
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Little Rock Nine Nine black students who desegregated Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas Governor ordered National Guard to turn them away Eisenhower orders Army in to allow students to continue
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Montgomery Bus Boycott Rosa Parks arrested King chosen as leader of the boycott 5,000 gather to hear King Speak Beginning of King Leadership Boycott lasts 381 days King ends boycott by riding in front seat
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference King led a group of 100 ministers “Carry on nonviolent crusades to end segregation.” Jesus and Gandhi were role models
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Student Non Violent Coordinating Committee Snick Led Sit ins Occurred in 48 cities across U.S.
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