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 * **Civil Rights Res earch **
 * No African American was allowed to play with a white person. A white can not marry a person containing more than one eighth African American, Japenes or Chinese blood. No white can go to an African American school and vice versa. Because of all of these laws I tried my best to stay away from whites to avoid a conflict or false accusations. This has also made my education and knowledge suffer.
 * Jim Crow America was always segregated. Movie theatres were segragated along with trains, schools, bars, and hospitals. The main images that show the hatred and unacceptance of the time are lynchings. Some other images are the differences in the colored benches water fountains etc. compared to the whit ones is incredible.
 * More Americans saw rascism as an evil that didnt belong in the US. Also blacks were determined to get freedom after fighting for it in europe.
 * There was a woman who refused to give up her bus seat!A preacher frm Atlanta came and led a bus boycott.
 * There was a mob that refused to allow the Gov to desegragate schools. They wanted to kill the black students going to little rock so the mayor evacuated the schl.
 * Students decided to fight against segregation by beggining a sit-in. These students came back for weeks bringing more and more protesters every time.
 * The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Commitee was a group of youth that protested with nonviolent approaaches like sit-ins.
 * People from different races would ride around in buses demanding desegregation. These people faced violence several times on their journey. This program was sponsored by CORE.
 * There was a big peaceful protest in birmingham, but the police and fire department came in and unleashed dogs and sprayed fire hoses at the people
 * thousands of people led a protest march for segregation led by civil rights leaders through Washington it was the turning point for the public for the civil rights movement.
 * This act protected the rights of African Americans and then was used for other groups to protect their rights.
 * It was a campaign to raise the registration for African American voters. It did this so the enthusiasm for African American civil rights didn't die down.
 * It was the first law to guarantee the voting rights of all Americans. Even after this law southern states still tried to find out ways to keep African Americans from voting.
 * Protestors marched from Selma to Montgomery but many didnt make it to their destination. 600 of the protestors were beaten. King and the others made it and protested.
 * Johnson sent four thousand federal troops to defend the marches through Alabama.
 * Johnson planned to end poverty and racial injustice. His program helped minorities, the elderly the poor and the women. It will help because of the push from the president for civil rights.
 * In the North there was no laws about civil rights but the whites in the area decided to discriminate against blacks anyway. Change in civil rights was almost non existant in the north.
 * The movement starts to get divided after dr. King is Assasinated.Some blacks want to stay with the nonviolent approach but some say that things need to change and they need to take on an aggresive approach