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Question | Answer |
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what was the Brown v. Board of educations about? | supreme court case that ended separate but equal and required desegregation of public schools. |
what was the constrovial flag that flew over GA from 1956-2001? | 1956 state flag |
Why was the 1956 flag controvial? | had Confederate battle emblem on it |
what type of group was the Sibley Commission? | a group that investigated what schools be done about integration in the states; recommended that public schools desegregation on a limited basis |
who was MKLJ? | Important civil rights leader who believed in nonviolent protest’ first president of SCLC and winner of the nobel peace prize |
what kind of leader was john lewis? | civil war movement SNCC; |
where did John lewis speak in Selma, Alabama? | March on washington and led the march in Selma,ALB |
what was the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) created for? | to coordinate non-violent protests of segregation and discrimination; |
what was created on 1957 to coordinate non-violent protest and discrimination? | Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) |
Where was MLKJ's famous "I have a dream" speech at? | March on Washington |
What encouraged the civil rights act of 1984 to pass? | Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream" speech |
What was the Albany Movement organized for? | for civil rights protests with a goal to desegregate the whole city of Albany |
What was the civil rights act of 1964? | Required equal treatment of all people; Lester Maddox was openly against this act and destergation, but after taking office of governor in 1966 he put more African Americans into government jobs than ever before |