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| Brown v Board of Education | Supreme Court decision that ended segregation in public schools |
| Little Rock Nine | a group of nine African American students who began the integration of the Little Rock public school system |
| Montgomery Bus Boycott | a boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama public bus system to protest its policy of segregation |
| sit-in | a form of protest in which African Americans sat at segregated lunch counters and requested service |
| Freedom Rides | a series of integrated bus rides through the South |
| Great Society | President Lyndon Johnson's legislative plan that included civil rights laws |
| Black Power | a social movement that called for African American power and independence |
| United Farm Workers | a group organized to promote the interests of migrant farm workers, it eventually led to the Chicano movement |
| National Organization for Women | a group that organized to promote the interests of women |
| American Indian Movement | a civil rights group organized to promote the interests of Native Americans |
| Disabled in Action | a group organized to promote the interests of people with disabilities |
