Section 4
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8 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 James Farmer | Civil rights leader who founded the Congress of Racial Equality |
| GI Bill of Rights | Also known as Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 gave money to veternas to study in colleges, universities, gave medical treatment, loans to buy a house or farm or start a new business |
| Tuskegee Airmen | 332 Fighter Group famous for shooting down over 200 enemy planes. African American pilots who trained at the Tuskegee flying school. |
| Congress of Racial Equality | Organization founded by pacifists in 1942 to promote racial equality through peaceful means |
| Zoot Suit Riot | a street fight / conflict between U.S. Navy sailors and Mexican Mexican Americans. |
| 442nd Regiment | An Asian American unit comprised of mostly Japanese-Americans |
| Korematsu Case | A Japanese American worker in California was arrested for refusing to report to a relocation center, and he appealed, saying his civil rights had been violated.The resulting 1944 Supreme Court case ruled that the relocation policy was not based on race. |
| Japanese American Citizens League | founded in 1929 to protect Japanese Americans' civil rights, worked for decades to receive government compensation for property lost by Japanese Americans interned in camps during World War II. |
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