Civil Rights
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- 2. National Farm Workers Association with a Filipino agricultural union
- 5. An independent Latino political movement
- 6. hoped to provoke a violent reaction that would convince Kennedy administration to enforce the law
- 8. anti-feminists felt that the ERA would lead to "a parade of horribles"
- 10. fist African-American Supereme Court justice; dedicated his life to fighting racism
- 11. its purpose was "to carry on nonviolent crusades against the evils of second-class citizenship."
- 15. segregation that exists by practice and custom
- 18. the act eliminated the so-called literacy tests that had disqualified many voters
- 19. the belief that women should have economic, political, and social quality with men
- 21. a movement made up mostly white, middle-class college youths who had grown disillusioned with the war in Vietnam
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- 1. an NAACP officer who took a seat in the front row of the "colored" section of a Montgomery bus
- 3. this act prohibited discrimination because of race, religion, national origin, and gender
- 4. African-American protesters sat down at segregated lunch counters and refused to leave until they were served
- 7. The amendment guarantee that both men and women would enjoy the same rights and protections under the law
- 9. a political party that fought police brutality in the ghetto; the party advocated self-sufficiency for African-American communities
- 12. a journalist, political activist, and ardent supporter of the women's liberation movement, made her voice heard on the subjects of feminism and equality
- 13. a.k.a the hippie capital
- 14. Militant Native American rights organization
- 16. 28 women created this organization to pursue women's goal
- 17. action programs involve making special efforts t shire groups that have suffered discrimination
- 20. a national protest group organized by college students at Shaw University