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| Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka,KS (May 1954) |
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| Surpreme Court Case ruling that seperate schools were unequal and schools could no longer segregate blacks from whites. It overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling striking down the 'seperate but equal' doctine. |
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| Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-1956) |
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| In response to the arrest of Rosa Parks for refusing to give up her seat to a white person, the Montgomery black community launches a bus boycott, which eill last more that a year, until the buses are desegregated Dec. 21, 1956 |
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| Little Rock Nine (Sept. 1957) |
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| President Eisenhower order military troops to escort nine blacks students to Central High School in Little Rock, AR, so that they could attend an all-white school |
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| Lunch Counter Sit-Ins (Februrary 1960) |
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| Lunch Counters Sit-Ins across the South was where African-Americans would sit at the restauarnt waiting to eb served. This forced many establishments to eventually serve blacks. |
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| Freedom Riders (May 1961) |
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| Over the spring and summer, student volunteers begin taking bus trips through the South to test out new laws that prohibit segregation in interstate travel facilities, which include bus and railway stations. Several of the groups of "freedom riders," as they were called, are attacked by angry mobs along the way |
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| March on Washington (August 28, 1963) |
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| 250,000 people railed together and joined Martin Luther King Jr. where he delivered the "I have a dream" speech. This demonstration supported the passage of the Civil Rights Act to protect civil rights of all American citizens |
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| Civil Rights Act ( July 1964) |
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| The Civil RIghts Act was signed into law by President Johnson banning segregation in public places, and promoting equal employment opportunity. The Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination of all kinds based on race, color, religion, or national origin. The law also provides the federal government with the powers to enfore desegregation. |
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| Freedom Summer/Selma March (March 7, 1965) |
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| Protest march from Selma, AL to Montgomery, AL was part of a summer voter registration drive for blacks across the South. |
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| Voting Rights Act (August 1965) |
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| The Voting Rights Act was signed into law by President Johnson banning literacy test and other laws preventing blacks from registering to vote. |
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| Mexican-American farm worker and labor organizer. He helped to create the United Farm Workers Union, which worked for equal and fair treatment of farm workers. He used non-violent methods (boycotts, protest marches, ect.) to accomplish his goals. |
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| laws passed by Southern states that limited the freedom of former slaves |
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| 1896 case in which the aSupreme Court ruled that seperation of the races in public accommadations was legal |
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| laws meant to enfore seperation of white and black people in public places in the South |
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| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( a civil rights organization) |
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| to open to people of all races or ethnic groups |
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| NAACP legal counsel and the first African-American Supreme Court Justice |
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| Southern Christian Leadership Conference (organization that coordinated non-violent civil rights protest across the South |
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| Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (organization created to give young people a greater role in the civil rights movement |
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| group of ordinary people who come together at a local level for a cause |
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| Congress of Racial Equality (organization that planned Freedom Riders |
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| President Johnson's programs to help the poor, elderly, and women |
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| African-American activist killed in 1965 |
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| people deprived of legal rights, especially the right to vote |
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| Mexican-American union organizor and negotiator |
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| National Congress of American Indians (organization founded in 1944 to promote rights of Native Americans |
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| women's rights leader and authore of The Feminine Mystique |
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| National Organization for Women (organization founded in 1966 to get women goods jobs at equal pay |
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| Equal Rights Amendment (amendment proposed that would give equality of rights regardless of sez |
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