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Unit 8 – The Postwar Period and Cold War, 1945–1980
Topic 8.6
What event marked a major turning point in U.S civil rights history by sparking widespread nonviolent protests?
President Truman's Executive Order9981 enactment .
Rosa Parks' arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat.
The Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v.Ferguson case.
The signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.
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AP US History - 8.6 Early Steps in the Civil Rights Movement (1940s and 1950s)
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