Hint
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Answer
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(Aug. 1963) 200,000 to support JFK's
bill
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march on Washington
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MLKs most famous speech
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i have a dream
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field director of NAACP
gunned down outside his home in Miss.
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Medgar Evers
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Johnson
moved legislation along in this act
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1964 Civil Rights Act
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Allowed holding__ funding
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federal
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the 64 act Banned discrim. on bases of sex, race,
religion or nat’l origin in jobs/unions which created
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EEOC
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1964 civil rights groups
(MFDP) organized voter registration drive in
Miss. (3 dead)
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Freedom Summer
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MLK & other leaders led a
protest march against arrests of those who
tried to vote: nat’lly televised
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Selma March
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reduced barriers
preventing Af. Amer. voting by incr. fed.
control over voting registration.
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1965 Voting Rights Act
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what Amdt. banned poll tax
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24
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created to determine cause for riots
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Kerner Commission
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writer: damaging effects of segregation (The
Fire Next Time)
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James Baldwin
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viewed white society oppressive, called for black
separation.
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Malcolm X
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the man above was apart of the nation of
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Islam
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belief of sep. identify & racial unity
of Af. Amer. Community.
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Black Nationalism
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Malcolm's opinion changed after his pilgrimage to
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Mecca
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Black Power mvt.: led by ____ SNCC member tired of peaceful demonstrations.
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“We Shall Overcome” became
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we shall overrun
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created Black
Panthers.: militant
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Bobby Seale
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created Black
Panthers.: militant
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Huey Newton
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fight with your fists not your
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words
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Power flows from the barrel of a
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gun
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____ is beautiful
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black
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MLK Jr. assassinated in Tenn. by
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resulted in ___ in streets
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riots
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assassinated after Pres. Primary victory
speech in Calif.
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RFK
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what year did Malcolm X get assassinated in
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1965
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what form of segregation was ended
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De jure segregation
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policies favoring a group
(usually minorities) to counter the effects
of a history of discrimination
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Affirmative action
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poverty rates of AA (increased or decreased)
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decreased
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income and graduation of AA(increased or decreased)
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increased
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