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Non-violent
Violent
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Defacto
The way you think, where dejure is segregation by law, defacto is not, for example, if a kid is brought up in a Klan household then he will probably be a racist.
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1968
Major year in the civil rights movement. King was assassinated on April 4th. Fair Housing Act was passed , which prohibited the denial of sale, rental, and financing based on religion, race, etc.
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Nation of Islam
Malcolm X
Preached a doctrine of separation from white society. Prominent leader of the Black Power Movement and a devout Muslim. Hated white people. Assassinated Feb. 21, 1965 by rival Black Muslims.
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The Nation of Islam taught that black people were the "original people" with a divinity bestowed upon them from God. Most followers of Malcolm X and his teachings converted to Islam.
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Black Power
Movement of black people trying to show their power and prominence in society. They were trying to get the same rights as white people. Some of them were shooting for black supremacy.
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Black Panthers
Most prominent group in the black power movement. Known for patrolling the streets in black berets and black jackets, also armed.
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Birmingham Riots
A series of riots in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963 that were fueled by the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, which was a black church, by local Klansmen.
Little Rock Nine
A group of nine black student who enrolled into Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957. They had to be escorted everywhere by armed soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division all school year, for their protection.
Rosa Parks
A woman who once refused to move from her seat so a white man could sit down and in doing this, sparked a bus boycott which hurt the bus's business which then forced them to integrate.
March on Washington
A gathering of more than 200,000 blacks and their supporters at the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, designed to try and get them more rights and better opportunities for jobs. It culminated in MLK's famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
Freedom Summer
A project in Mississippi that was intended to dramatically increase the number of registered black voters in Mississippi but was met with violence. The movie "Mississippi Burning'" is based on these events.
Freedom Riders
People who challenged the Jim Crow laws in the South in the 60's, originally by refusing to abide by them by sitting in the white section of the bus or refusing to move for white people.
Sit Ins
A series of non-violent protests in which the sitters refused to leave a segregated lunch counter until they were served.
Selma
A historic march from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery, Alabama, that was focused on getting blacks registered to vote.
