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Ch 29
Ch 29
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Social Studies
12th Grade
04/26/2017

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Brown vs. Boe
Definition
Girl who was denied an education at a school for all whites
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sclc
Definition
MLK works for civil rights in a nonviolent way
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SNCC
Definition
form sit-ins and other protests for young blacks
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sit in
Definition
blacks sit in on businesses in Woolworths and refused to leave until served
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Freedom Riders
Definition
Road bus in South to challenge segregation
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Law Banning discrimination of race, sex,etc
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Freedom Summer
Definition
project to register African voters in Mississippi
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Voting Rights Act 1965
Definition
made it easier for blacks to vote, no more literacy test
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de facto segregation
Definition
racial separation established by practice and custom, not law
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De jure segregation
Definition
racial separation established by the law
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Nation of Islam
Definition
also known as black Muslims to promote black separatism and Islamic religion
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Black Power
Definition
slogan used by Carmichael in 1960 that encourage black pride
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Black Panthers
Definition
in 1966 Newton and seale this to fight police brutality
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Kerner Commission
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Group by President Johnson used to study causes of urban violence
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Civil Rights Act 1968
Definition
law banned discrimination in housing
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affirmative action
Definition
correct past by favoring groups who were disadvantage in the past
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