Civil rights legislation

Civil Rights: Rights of full citizenship and equality under the law.

13 th Amendment Abolished Slavery 14 th Amendment Guaranteed Equal Protection Under the Law 15 th Amendment Gave African-Americans the right to vote

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Little Rock Nine were nine students who attended Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas despite violent protests.

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Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Malcolm X- Born Malcolm Little (1925-1965) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Civil Disobedience: A peaceful way to object to a law considered unjust.

Sit-ins: Protests which involved African-Americans sitting at lunch counters and refusing to move until they had been served.

Marches: peaceful forms of protest in which African-Americans and sympathetic Caucasians marched together to show unity.

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