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This unit is going to familiarize students with key people, places, and events that took place during the Civil Rights Movement. Upon completion of the unit, students will have a better idea of how different people from different backgrounds were able to impact the movement in their own ways, whether it was as an activist, athlete, or entertainer.

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VUS.13 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s by a) identifying the importance of the //Brown v. Board of Education// decision, the roles of Thurgood Marshall and Oliver Hill, and how Virginia responded; b) describing the importance of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the 1963 March on Washington, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.