Civil Rights Movement

By Ringlis1234

  • NAACP

    Stands for National Association for the Advancement of Colored People founded in 1909. One of the Oldest Civil Rights Organization. W.E.B. Du Bois was a founding leader of the organisation.

  • National Urban League

    Founded in 1911 assisted people moving to major American Cities. It helped African Americans move out of the south.

  • CORE

    Stand for Congress of Racial Equality was dedicated to making a change with peaceful confrontation. Founded by Pacifists in 1942. There protest were nonviolent.

  • LULAC

    Founded in 1929 demanded equal rights for Hispanics. A funeral home refused to bury Felix Longoria and the LULAC protested. Longoria was finally buried.

  • Dr, Martin Luther King Jr.

    After the Montgomery Bus Boycott he was just 26 years old and in a few years he would become one of the most loved and admired also most hated in the United States. He became the leader of the African American Civil Rights Movement.
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  • Native Americans

    Native Americans faced a unique situation. They lived in reservations and in 1953 the federal government was going to terminate the reservation altogether.

  • Brown vs. Board of Education

    Topeka, Kansas the Supreme Court issued its historic ring. Court ruled that local school boards should move desegregate

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Civil Rights leaders planned African Americans to refuse to use the entire bus system until the bus company change the segregation policy

  • Rosa Parks Arrest

    Rosa Park's arrest in 1955 touched off the successful Montgomery bus boycott. One year later the court ruled the segregation policy unconstitutional

  • Little Rock Nine

    9 African Americans attended a white school and armed guards protected them

  • SCLC

    Stands for Southern Christian Leadership Conference. They advocated of nonviolent protests. They used peaceful protest against restrictive racial policies. Martin Luthor King was a part of founding this organization.

  • SNCC

    A student organization that took a different approach that stands for Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Began in 1960. They helped the African American Civil Rights Movememt.