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I am a fee that a person must pay inn order to vote. I was used to keep African Americans from voting during the first half of the 20th century. | poll tax |
I am the laws passed in t he south that discriminated against African Americans. I made segregation legal in the South. | "Jim Crow" laws |
I am the abolishment of racial segregation. I finally happened due to the work of Civil Rights leaders such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | desegregation |
I am a policy that made it possible for African Americans to use the same schools, public transportation, and other facilities used by whites. | integration |
I am a 1954 Supreme Court case. The ruling in this case was that "separate but equal" schools are unconstitutional. This case forced schools to integrate. | Brown v. the Board of Education |
I am the movement led by Harry F. Byrd, Sr. and my goal was to keep VA public schools racially segregated. | Massive Resistance |
I am an African American Virginian who was the first woman to become a bank president in the U.S. | Maggie Lena Walker |
I am a Virgiinian governor who used a "pay as you go" policy for road improvements. I led the Massive resistance movement against integration. | Harry F. Byrd, Sr. |
I am a Virginia author and spokesperson for social change. i was the first african American tennis champion in a major tournament. | Arthur Ashe, Jr. |
I am a Virginia governor and was the first African American to be elected a state governor in the U.S. | L. Douglas Wilder |