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Feminist Movement
The Feminist Movement was based on women wanting equal rights. This movment was from 1848-1920. -
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Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chavez was a civil rights activist. He founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962. -
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Stokely Carmichael
Stokely Carmichael was a political activist. He led a civil rights group SNCC in the 1960's. -
Brown v. Board of Education
The Brown v. Board of Education was a Supreme Court case. They established public schools for blacks and whites. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott began on December 5, 1955 and was a protest against racial segregation. This event ended on December 20, 1956 -
Little Rock Crisis
The Little Rock Crisis was a group of African boys who got bullied for being in a white school. Dwight Eisenhower sent troops over to Little Rock High school to escort them into their first day of school. -
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Latino Movement
The movement was know as the Chicano movement. The movement was used to extend Mexican Civil Rights -
Fashion 1960's
People were tired of wearing long boring clothes. So in the 1960's they got inspired by op-art, paisley prints, tie-dye and wore t-shirts, short dresses, and mini skirts with those prints -
Freedom Riders
A group of people from the North would take a bus down to the south and protest on the streets for segregation. Random white people who didn't want people in their cities would either block the streets when they came down or beat them to death. -
March on Washington
200,000 Americans went to Washington D.C. to march for freedom and jobs. The march resembled Martin Luther King's speech "I Have a Dream". -
Civil Rights Act 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended discrimination such as race, color, religion, or national origin. This was passed on July 2, 1964. -
Voting Rights Act 1965
President Lyndon Johnson signed this law. The law gave people the right to vote after the Civil War. -
Black Power
The Black Power encouraged blacks to form black political parties. During the movement, Martin Luther king Jr. died on April 4, 1968 -
Counterculture
A festival name woodstock was a popular attraction for over 400,000 people. Most of the counterculture was known as hippies -
Roe v. Wade
A court case schedule 3 times and a landmark decision about abortion
