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- 4. ruled that separate-but-equal facilities were constitutional
- 8. Black artists emerging despite racial violence.
- 10. Southern states and local governments passed these laws in order to segregate blacks and whites in public and private facilities.
- 11. Southern states adopted these laws restoring the restrictions of slavery.
- 12. American abolitionist an editor of the Liberator; promoted immediate emancipation of slaves
- 14. abolished slavery/involuntary servitude
- 15. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech to more than 200,000 marchers in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
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- 1. civil rights leaders organized a massive rally in Washington to urge passage of President Kennedy's civil rights bill
- 2. granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States," including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws
- 3. ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional
- 5. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee were young Black college students conducted sit-ins around America to protest the segregation of restaurants.
- 6. a formerly enslaved man who became a prominent activist, author, and public speaker.
- 7. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a civil rights organization formed to advance justice for African Americans
- 9. prohibits denial of voting rights based on race or color
- 13. First African-American to graduate from Harvard. Only black founder of NAACP.