Civil Rights

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15 questions
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The sit-in movement began in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1960.

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The Brown v. Board of Education overturned the concept of "separate but equal" originally established in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896

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The Brown v. Board of Education decision was quickly implemented without resistance in southern states.

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Jim Crow laws allowed institutionalized or legal discrimination.

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The Little Rock Nine rode on segregated busses to end segregation.

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Rosa Parks arrest inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycotts .

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Emmitt Till was from Mississippi visiting Chicago when he was killed.

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The mother of Emmitt Till chose to have a closed casket funeral.

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James Meredith was the first black student enrolled at Florida State.

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The peaceful demonstrators in Birmingham were chased off the streets by police dogs and fire hoses.

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Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream speech" happened in Little Rock Arkansas

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President Roosevelt signed the Civil Rights Bill of 1964

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The NAACP was a group started to end race based discrimination.

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The Sit ins were an attempt to intergrate schools.

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Governor Wallace, Governor Fabus and Bull Connor were all leaders of the Civil Rights Movement.