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Civil Rights (Violent ((1968 ((Several events happened in 1968. Martin…

- - - - Several events happened in 1968. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, the TET Offense, LBJ would not run for re-election, Robert Kennedy was assassinated, and Chicago DNC. All of these events happened during the Civil Rights movement.
    - - Dejure
        
        Dejure is racial segregation laws. These were laws that segregated people.
      - Defacto is racist thinking. This means people with a racist state of mind.
    - - This was founded by Malcolm X as a religion that he believed
        was better for African Americans. Malcolm X believed that since Christianity was forced on African Americans that the Nation of Islam was a better religion.
    - - Malcolm X was a Civil Rights leader who supported the Nation of Islam. He encouraged African Americans to break away from whites and to be proud of their heritage.
  - - - The Black Power movement encouraged African Americans to be proud of their heritage.
        Many African Americans began to celebrate their culture proudly.
- - - - Freedom Summer College students from northern and midwestern states were trying to get African Americans to register to vote in Mississippi.
        
        Freedom Riders They rode on buses and wanted equal treatment for African Americans.
        
        Sit Ins African Americans would go into all white restaurants and asked to be served. They would be thrown out of the restaurant and arrested.
        
        Selma This was a march for equal voting rights for African Americans. This leads to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
        
        Little Rock 9 This was an attempt to integrate 9 African American students into a High School in Little Rock Arkansas. The Governor of the state used members of the National Guard to keep the students out. Then the president took over and had soldiers escort the students around the school until school let out for the summer.