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Amendments: 13th-ends slavery
14th- equal protection under the law, and citizenship for former slaves
15th- right to vote

Jim Crow Laws: laws- keep races separate- segregation laws
Blacks and whites- separate schools, and own sections in restaurants/public places

Jim Crow- purpose: keep the races separated
intimidate African Americans.- true in the area of voting
prevent African Americans from voting or registering to vote.
Literacy tests
Poll taxes

Plessy v. Ferguson: established the idea that segregation was lawful
established the doctrine of "separate but equal"
public facilities would be the same quality for whites and blacks

Brown v. Board of Education: overturned Plessy v Ferguson- doctrine of "separate but equal"
allowed for the integration of public schools
Thurgood Marshall-NAACP lawyer and future associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, argued the case

Effect of Brown v. Board of Education: open door to challenge all segregation laws
it help foster the idea that all Americans are entitled to equal access

Rosa Parks: refused to give up her seat on a public bus to a white person in Montgomery, Alabama
she was arrested
began the Montgomery Bus Boycott- African Americans refused to ride public buses.

Rosa Parks 2: African-American churches, NAACP, local news media, and Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. came to her defense
a federal court ruled the Alabama law to be unconstitutional

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
found this group during the Montgomery Bus Boycott
used civil disobedience and non-violent protests to draw attention
influenced by Mahatma Gandhi

March on Washington: Aug. 28, 1963, about 250,000 people joined Dr. MLK Jr. on a march to Washington D.C.- steps of Lincoln Memorial
Result: government started to create new civil rights laws
during this march- gave his "I Have A Dream" speech

Greensboro, NC: would not serve African Americans
Sit-in at lunch counter
4 African Americans college students and others joined
abused- items thrown and spilled on them
effective protest tactic