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Assassination
This is how Malcolm X died.
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Freedom Riders.
A group of young protesters including young college students of all races, including women. Rode buses around the country to protest segregation.
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Arkansas
Little Rock High School was in this southern state.
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The Supreme Court
The top judicial body in the United States consists of seven appointed "justices" who settle disputes once and for all.
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Discrimination
It is the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex. And it's not segregation or prejudice, but it's similar.
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He left.
In the end, Malcolm was disillusioned by his religion. This is what he did.
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They were attacked by a mob.
This is what happened to the Freedom Riders in Alabama in 1961.
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Dealing with hostile situations.
The nine students prepared to be the first African American students to attend Central High School. This is how they prepared.
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7-0
The number of justices who voted in Brown vs. Board of Education, that segregation of public schools was unconstitutional.
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Economic
The Montgomery Bus Boycott succeeded because this type of pressure was put on the city's transportation system. The boycott hit them where it hurts the most.
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Mecca
The place where Muslims from around the world go to find enlightenment.
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Jim Crow.
The name for the set of segregationist laws that existed in the South during the Civil Rights Era.
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Unconstitutional
Brown vs. Board of Education ruled that segregation of schools was this.
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Equal
Brown vs. Board of Education tested the nation's definition of this word. Meaning "same in value".
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Women, Religious Minorities, LGBTQ Groups, the poor.
When we think of civil rights we think of the continuous battle fought by African Americans, but these groups also continue to battle for civil rights.
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Nation of Islam
The religion Malcolm converted to. It changed his life.
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John Lewis.
Recently deceased congressman from Georgia who was once a Freedom Rider.
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To escort the Little Rock Nine safely to school.
President ordered U.S. troops to Central High School for this reason.
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14th Amendment
This amendment to the U.S. constitution granted citizenship to all persons born in the U.S. (including former slaves) in 1868.
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Right to vote, to a fair trial, to public education, to use public facilities and government services.
An example of a civil right is this.
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X.
The name of Malcolm X's autobiography. One of the best books ever written.
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Segregation of interstate transportation facilities. In other words, desegregating buses and trains.
What the Freedom Riders were protesting in the first place.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
This president overrode the state's governor to allow the students to integrate the white high school.
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Topeka, Kansas.
The city and state where Brown originated.
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
The acronym NAACP stands for this. It was established in 1909.
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