Civil Rights Movement

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13th Amendment
Outlawed slavery in the United States.
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14th Amendment
Made African Americans citizens and guaranteed equal protection under the law.
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15th Amendment
Guaranteed African Americans the right to vote.
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Plessy v. Ferguson
U.S. Supreme Court case that made segregation 'legal' in the United States.
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Brown v. Board of Education
Supreme Court case that declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
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Rosa Parks
Her decision not to give up her seat sparked a new era of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
A boycott organized in response to Rosa Parks' arrest, aimed at ending segregation in Montgomery's public transportation.
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Southern Manifesto
A document signed by 101 Southern Congressmen denouncing the ruling of Brown v. Board of Education.
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NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; the oldest and largest civil rights organization in American history.
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SCLC
Southern Christian Leadership Conference; organized by African American ministers to encourage voting and eliminate segregation.
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SNCC
Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee; founded by college students to head voter registration drives.
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Freedom Summer
A campaign to register as many African-American voters as possible in Mississippi.
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
Legislation that outlawed segregation in most public places and granted equal access to facilities.
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24th Amendment
Abolished poll taxes, guaranteeing the right to vote for African Americans.
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Bloody Sunday
March 7, 1965, a day when peaceful marchers were violently confronted while trying to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
Authorized the Attorney General to send federal examiners to register qualified voters.
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Malcolm X
A symbol of the black power movement; preached black nationalism and self-defense.
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Black Power Movement
A movement advocating for more aggressive actions in securing rights for African Americans.
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Black Panthers
An organized group fighting police brutality and calling for control over major institutions in the African American community.
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement who advocated for non-violent protest.
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