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Brown Vs. Board of Education
The supreme court ruled school segregation unconstitutional after a case of school segregation was brought to court. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
After Rosa Parks was arrested for sitting in a "white's seat" on a bus, Martin Luther King Jr. lead a bus boycott that proves successful after 381 days. -
Little Rock Nine
In Little Rock, Arkansas, nine black students enrolled in high school. The students were denied entry by the students of the school and other protesters. The U.S. government sent the national guard in support of the black students. -
Sit-ins
African American protesters would sit and refuse to move until their demands for civil rights were met. -
Betty Friedan's "The Feminine Mystique"
Betty Friedan was a housewife, journalist, mother, and a college graduate. She surveyed her former classmates and most of them said that they were not satisfied with their lives as housewives. Betty then wrote a book, called "The Feminine Mystique". This sparked a movement for women's liberation. She also helped form the National Organization for Women in 1966. -
Birmingham Protests
A march for integration of public facilities, better housing, and better career options for African Americans, led by Martin Luther King Jr. -
Equal Pay Act
It was a law created by John F. Kennedy stating that women and men deserve to receive equal pay. -
March on Washington
Over 250,000 people marched in Washington D.C. for African American rights, and this was the same time Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famed "I have a dream" speech. -
Civil Rights Act
A law that banned public segregation, allowed equal employment, and gave opportunity commission. Opportunity commission insured equal career options and a non-discriminated workplace. -
Freedom Summer
The SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) organized a voter registration for southern blacks to ensure voting rights for African Americans. Northern college students came to Mississippi to work with the SNCC and endured violent mistreatment. -
March to Selma
Protesters crossing a bridge to Selma were attacked by government officials who were against civil rights for African Americans -
Voting Rights Act
Lyndon B Johnson signed an act that banned literacy tests, poll taxes, and other racially biased laws that kept people from voting. He also sent federal officers to register voters under the new law. -
National Organization for Women
Founded in 1966, the NOW wanted equal job choice and pay for women. Betty Friedan helped found this organization. -
Black Panthers
A political party in favor of nationalism and socialism. They practiced self defense for minority communities. -
Black Power Movement
Black members of the SNCC left the organization because they wanted to fight for themselves. -
Race Riots of 1967-1968
The Watts Riot- violence exchanged between a crow of people and a white police officer arresting a black man for possible intoxicated driving. -
Freedom Rides
African American people would sit in the front of the bus where the white people would usually sit. The white people that supported African American rights would sit in the back of the bus, where the black people would usually sit. -
Equal Rights Amendment
In response to women's rights groups, the government made the equal rights amendment. It was a law that stated that people couldn't be discriminated based on sex. This law was not ratified when it didn't pass through the number of states required to pass an amendment. -
Title IX
Also known as the Higher Education Act of 1972, the Title IX outlawed discrimination in all schools including colleges paid by the federal government.
