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What is segregation?
Separating people by race.
What is integration?
Mixing people by race after Brown v. Board of Education
What was the Birmingham Church Bombing?
The KKK bombed an African American Church in Birmingham Alabama. 4 young girls died.
What was the March on Washington?
A nationwide movement of people of color to Washington D.C. to demand equal rights.
Who spoke at the march on Washington?
Martin Luther King JR.
What year was the March on Washington?
1963
Who was Rosa Parks?
A woman who protested segregation by sitting at the front of a public bus and refusing to move. She was arrested for her actions.
What did the court case Plessy V. Furgeson decide?
Plessy V. Furgeson decided that segregation was legal, as long as facilities were equal.
What year was Plessy V. Furgeson?
1896
What year was Brown V. Board of Education?
1954
Give 2 examples of public places that were segregated by race:
Churches
Schools
Restaurants
Water Fountains
Busses
Playgrounds
How did Martin Luther King Jr. die?
Assassination by James Earl Ray
What year was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated?
1968
what was the goal of the civil rights movement?
to get equal rights and protections for African Americans
What state is the city of Birmingham located in?
Alabama
Who were the Little Rock 9?
9 students who were the first to integrate into a high school in Little Rock Arkansas
