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Joining Forces
Mambers joined forces with the Congress of Racial Equality. This was founded in Chicago. -
The Brown Decision
The racial segregation (seperation from black and whites) in pulic schools are outlawed. -
The challenge to social segregation
Southern Christian Leaderhsip Conference in Atlanta, Ga, as a national organization presied over by a local black minister, Martin Luther King, Jr. -
Civil influenced
The Civil rights movement influenced the modern women's right movement and the student movement. This also involved whites, and both led the movement at national and local levels. -
Voting rights
President Johnson signed the Voting Rights act. -
The movement legacy
The civil rights movement had begun losing momentum -
Black Power
Black power was all but nonexistent, having never gained the support of the larger African American populance.