Civil Rights in the 1950s

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  1. 3. This amendment to the US Constitution ensures that citizens receive equal treatment under the law
  2. 5. In 1954 the SC ruled that segregated schools were "___ ___"
  3. 7. In __ vs Ferguson the Supreme Court (SC) ruled that "separate but equal" did not violate the Constitution
  4. 9. This national protest group consisted of college-aged people who brought tremendous energy and motivation to the civil rights movement
  5. 11. ___ laws in the South established restrictions on social contact between the races
  6. 14. Martin Luther King based part of his nonviolent philosophy on this individual
  7. 15. to integrate a "whites-only" lunch counter
  8. 16. The participants of the Greensboro ___
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  1. 1. Governor___ in Ark. used the National Guard to block African American students from entering Central High School
  2. 2. In this Arkansas city 9 high school students bravely attempted to integragte Central High School
  3. 4. This organization has fought to end discrimination and push for civil rights since the early 1900s
  4. 6. President___ ordered Federal troops into Little Rock in order to secure African American students' entry and attendance at Central High
  5. 8. This organization advocated for equality for African Americans and based its strategies in Christian ideals of non-violence
  6. 10. The SC ruling in Brown v. Board was ___ - all 9 justices agreed
  7. 12. This leader emerged at the bus boycott as a national spokesperson for civil rights
  8. 13. Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat to a white man triggered the bus boycott in this AL city