PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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The time has come for all African Americans to enjoy equal rights as American cititzens
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“Separate but Equal” has no place in public education
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The federal government should actively intervene in states when necessary to stop racial discrimination
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People should not be forced to mix with those of other races in public places, including schools and universities.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which view was shared by Governors Orval Faubus (Arkansas), Lester Maddox (Georgia), and George Wallace (Alabama) in the 1950s and 1960s? People should not be forced to mix with those of other races in public places, including schools and universities.
Detailed explanation-2: -The civil rights movement was a struggle for social justice that took place mainly during the 1950s and 1960s for Black Americans to gain equal rights under the law in the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -Q. What role did Arkansas governor Orval Faubus play in the Little Rock Crisis? He challenged the authority of the federal government to desegregate schools.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Selma Marches were a series of three marches that took place in 1965 from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. These marches were organized to protest the blocking of Black Americans’ right to vote by the systematic racist structure of the Jim Crow South.