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2. This group opposed the Civil Rights Movement with violence and hatred
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3. The lead lawyer for the NAACP on the Brown V. Board of Ed. case
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4. Refused to give up her seat which prompted her arrest and then a major boycott of the busing system
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5. This President ended segregation in the Military in 1948
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6. Governor of Arkansas who tried to deny entry of the “Little Rock Nine” unsuccessfully when Eisenhower federalized the National Guard
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7. This Amendment in 1865 abolished slavery
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8. The taxes that were paid by African Americans in order to vote
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9. The name of the test that was required for African Americans to pass in order to vote
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10. This court case began the process of ending segregation in schools
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11. The Brown V. Board of Ed. Case was victorious in overturning this previous legislation which then ended segregation
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12. The name of the boycott of the busing system that Rosa Parks was key in establishing
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13. The assassination of this leader prompted riots across our nation
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14. In August 1963 M.L.K. Jr. organized this event to pressure President Kennedy to pass the Civil Rights Bill
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15. This group used organized trips around the country to encourage African Americans to vote and often drew violence
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16. Dr. M.L.K. Jr. was assassinated in this city
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17. Civil Rights Icon who believed in Non-Violent protests and Civil Disobedience
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18. President responsible for the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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19. Civil Rights leader who believed in “Black Power” and urged African Americans to “fight” for their rights
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20. Gov. Barnett of Mississippi attempted to deny entry of this man into the Univ. of Miss. In 1962 – again Federal troops were sent
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21. This Civil Rights leader in Mississippi was assassinated just hours after President Kennedy’s Civil Rights speach
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22. This type of segregation is the “practice” or “daily routine” of keeping racial lines drawn
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23. This is the term for ending segregation in the courts using amendments and changes to laws
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24. Dr. M.L.K. Jr. used this as his primary tactic in fighting for segregation
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25. These clauses ensured that White southerners would not have to pay a poll tax or pass a literacy test
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26. Name given to the Southern Democrats who resisted Truman’s Civil Rights Agenda
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27. Name of the famous speech given by Dr. King
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28. These “Laws” were used to keep the racial lines intact
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29. Name given to the “Codes” of the South to keep the racial lines intact
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30. This terminology was added in “Brown V. Board of Ed
This terminology was added in “Brown V. Board of Ed. II” to ensure that desegregation would be done with more haste
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31. Was convicted for the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
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