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Sit- Ins
What was a sit-in? A sit-in was when a group of African-Americans
sat down at a segregated lunch counter and demanded to be served. This was an
act of civil disobedience. Protests like the bus boycott
were acts of passive resistance. Civil disobedience was a riskier way of attacking
unjust laws because a person might end up in jail.
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Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow laws, segregation laws, were named after the character Jim Crow. Jim Crow was created by Thomas Dartmouth Rice in a show called “Jump Jim Crow,” in which he played Jim Crow an African-American. This show made fun of African-Americans. He first performed the show in 1828 and it became extremely popular. The show was performed in the United States and England. Jim Crow laws created segregation in places such as busses, restaurants, and schools. Rosa Parks and the buss boycott fought the segregation of busses, the sit-ins fought the segregation of restaurants, and Ruby Bridges and others fought the segregation of schools.
Martin Luther King Jr. Biography
Other People who participated in the Civil Rights Movement
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