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The Congress of Racial Equality
Leading activist organizations in the early years of the early civil rights movement. -
Brown Vs. Board of Education
Ended legal segregation in public schools. -
Emitt Till
Emitt Till was brutally murdered at 14 years old for flirting at a white woman. -
Rosa Parks/ Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks refused to give her seat to a white man, which sparked the bus boycott, where african americans stopped using public transportation. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is an African-American civil rights organization associated with its first president, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., had a large role in the American Civil Rights Movement. -
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Allowed younger blacks a voice in the Civil Rights Movement. -
Letter from Birmingham Jail
While imprisoned in Birmingham Jail MLK wrote a long hand written letter in response to the concern and caution issued by white religious leaders in the South. -
“I Have a Dream” Speech
Civil Rights Speech given by MLK for a call on freedom and jobs. It was very empowering and uplifiting for African Americans. -
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama, bombing
The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was an act of white supremacist terrorism. -
The 24th Amendment
The 24th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America abolished the poll tax for all federal elections. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
Malcolm X Assassination
Malcolm X was assassinated while giving a speech in New York. -
Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama
Civil rights protesters marched to the Edmund Pettus Bridge where they were stopped by police officers who then beat them with billy clubs and sprayed them with tear gas, pushing them back to the town of Selma. -
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
Overcame legal barriers that state and local governments had, that prevented African Americans from voting. -
Executive Order 11246—Affirmative Action
Affirmative action guidlines for federal contractors race, color, etc.. -
Stokely Carmichael
Trinidadian-American revolutionary active in the Civil Rights Movement, and later, the global Pan-African movement. -
The Black Panthers
Revolutionary black nationalist and socialist organization. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1968
Prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin and sex. -
MLK Assassination
Was shot and killed while standing on the motel rooftop in Memphis, Tennessee.
