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8th Per Civil Rights #1

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It was in Montgomery, Alabama where African Americans staged a _____ of the public transportation system (the busses)
The leader/organizer of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
A refusal to obey a law because it is unjust, or unconstitutional
Even though segregated facilities (bathrooms, schools, etc) were supposed to be equal, the facilities for black people were almost always ______ (especially the schools).
The first African American to play on a WHITE Major League team.
The laws that enforced segregation
SNCC or Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was made up of black and white _____who pledge peaceful protest.
The most infamous incident in the fight to desegregate schools was at Central High School in ________, Arkansas
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The NAACP lawyer who argued the Brown v. Board case at the Supreme Court
Her refusal to obey the Jim Crow laws marked the beginning of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Separating people based on their race
The 1896 Supreme Court case that ruled segregation WAS legal and constitutional
The 1954 Supreme Court case that ruled segregation in schools was UNconstitutional
Martin Luther King believed in and practiced __________.
The black students were able to attend classes at Central High School because _____ were sent there by President Eisenhower to protect them.