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| Brown v. Board of Education |
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| Court case that ended the practice of public school segregation and declared the official end of the "separate but equal" doctrine |
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| Key civil rights leader responsible for organizing several major protests and events during the movement; also famous for his "I Have A Dream" speech at the March on Washington. |
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| Letter from a Birmingham Jail |
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| A letter written by Martin Luther King to address fears white religious leaders had that he was moving too fast toward desegregation. In his letter, King explained why victims of segregation, violent attacks, and murder found it difficult to wait for those injustices to end |
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| Speech given by MLK asking for peace and racial harmony |
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| Prohibited discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, and gender |
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| Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
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| Prohibited states from making laws that were designed to prevent blacks from voting |
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| Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) |
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| Group organized by MLK to methodically protest the unfair prejudices minority groups were facing at the time |
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| Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) |
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| Student group originally designed to speed up the changes mandated in Brown v. Board of Education |
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| Protest tactic where the protestors would enter an establishment and refuse to leave until they had been provided the same service as everyone around them |
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| Movement organized by SNCC to see how far authorities would go in enforcing segregation on public transportation |
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| Somewhat of a parallel to the Civil Rights Movement where women were seeking equal pay, treatment, and same rights as men |
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| National Organization of Women (NOW) |
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| Founded in 1966 to promote equal rights and opportunities for America's women |
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| Movement spurred by increased concern over environmental issues after books like Silent Spring were released |
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| Book written by Rachel Carson exposing the dangers and overuse of pesticides |
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| Author of Silent Spring and early leader of the environmental movement |
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| First celebrated in 1970, it is a day where communities hold events and celebrations designed to promote awareness of environmental issues |
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| Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
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| Executive department established by Nixon to set limits on pollution, conduct environmental research, and assist state and local governments clean up of polluted sites |
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