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- What important decision was reached in Brown vs. Board of education of Topeka ?
- The legal concept of "separate but equal" from Plessy vs. Ferguson was overturned
- What earlier supreme court decision and principle was overturned by Brown ?
- concept of "separate but equal" from Plessy vs. Ferguson
- What was the supreme courts decision in Hernandez vs. Texas ?
- That Texas's exclusion of Mexican-American citizens from jury duty was a violation of the 14th amendment
- What is the NAACP ?
- National Association for the advancement of colored people (was organized to fight racial injustice)
- What was the Southern Christian Leadership conference ?
- A religious based group that fought for equality and justice using non-violence as organizing principle
- The Great Society ?
- Designed to improve the standard of living of all Americans
- What are the main beliefs of the counterculture movement ?
- rejected traditional rcustoms and values (gender, economic, race, marriage, antiwar etc..)
- What happened to LBJ in the 1968 presidential election ?
- He didn't seek reelection
- Stagflation ?
- a combination of inflation, high unemployment and slow growth
- What is the Silent Majority ?
- The non-protesting Americans in the middle, with traditional values and patriotism