ricky marrero, block two, april twenty-fifth, two-thousand eleven.

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1. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka: Generally helped to de-segregate schools by declaring that state segregation was unconstitutional. 
2. Rosa Parks: The NAACP used Rosa Park's defiant gesture to advertise de-segregating buses around america. 
3. Martin Luther King, Jr.: MLK is considered to be the "father of civil rights" in that he was pretty much the face of it. He stood up for what was right, and died living for a cause he felt strongly about. 
4. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee: One of the principal orginizations in the civil rights movement, students gathered together in meetings and eventually started this committee. 
5. Freedom Rider: The freedom riders proved that a whole country can back up one cause. These kids had the president protecting them. 
6. Civil Rights Act of 1964: A major form of legislation that prevented harsh forms of discrimination.
7. Fannie Lou Hamer: Campaigned to allow african-americans to vote.
8. De Facto Segregation: A form of segregation, mostly in schools, that happens in fact although not required by law.
9. Malcom X: Muslim civil rights leader that helped to empower african-americans across the country. 
10. Black Power: Movement in america that helped to inspire african-americans to have pride in their race. 

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1. State / Local laws enacted between 1876 and 1965 that enacted segregation in all places with the claim of being "seperate but equal". They were applied in several places including public schools, places, transportation, bathrooms, restaurants, and water fountains.
2. King was inspired by such figures as Ghandi, and Henry David Thoreau. 
3. No black man was ever allowed to attend a university that wasn't intended for them. 
4. The violence toward the children's march, the bombing of the birmingham church, and the assasination of Martin Luther King, Jr. 
5. He was a strong believer in the muslim faith, and he believed that black society should be seperate from white society. 
6. Because many of them believed that Black Power implied rejecting the social norm, which is what they wanted to be a part of. 

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