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Fredrick Douglass
Birth/ at Washington, D.C. Republican had 5 Children and 2 Wives Believed that African Americans (slaved) should be able to fight for their freedom -
Dwight D Eisenhower
Birth / at Denison, TX. had 2 Children and a wife An American Army General & statesman who was the the 34th president of the United States of America. -
Fredrick Douglass
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Rosa Parks
Birth/ At Tuskegee, AL Civil rights activist had no Husband or children An African American woman who refused to give up her seat to a white male and refusing to move to the back of the bus. She was placed under arrest. -
John F Kennedy
An American politician who was the 35th president of the United States of America. He was assassinated during his presidency in 1963. -
Malcolm X
Birth/ at Omaha, NE was human rights activist had 6 Children and a wife. African American Muslim minister and human rights activist. To the people that loved him, he was a courageous advocate for the rights of lolacks, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Born/ at Atlanta, GA Minister and activist had 4 Children and 1 Wife. Known as the leader of the Civil Rights Movement. He was an activist, pastor and a humanitarian. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piDUmXxNtLA -
Emmett Till
14 year old boy who was hung in 1955 for "offending" a white woman in her families grocery store. -
Muhammad Ali
Birth/ at Louisville, KY British boxer had 9 Children and 4 Wives One of the greatest boxers but also a vocal advocate for the civil rights along with other causes. -
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Civil Rights Movement
The civil rights movement was a decades-long movement with the goal of securing legal rights for African Americans that other Americans already held -
Emmett Till
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Rumford Fair Housing Act
was passed in 1963 by the California Legislature to help end racial discrimination by property owners and landlords who refused to rent or sell their property to "colored" people. -
Freedom Vote Election
In the fall of 1963, as Mississippi shifted into high gear for the November gubernatorial election, only 12,000 Black people were registered to vote. -
24th Amendment Ratified
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
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The Letter from Birmingham Jail
martin Luther king led a coalition of civil rights aimed at Birmingham Alabama. The city was described as most segregated in america. The police violence against these non-violent protesters was vividly displayed of the television of the nation leading to wide spread public rage and uncommon civil rights legislation. during the campaign MLK Jr. drafted "The Letter of Birmingham Jail"- the manifesto of MLK Jr.'s Philosophy and practice. -
War on Poverty
The War on Poverty is the unofficial name for legislation first introduced by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during his State of the Union address on Wednesday, January 8, 1964. -
Dwight D Eisenhower
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March on Washington
250,000 people gathered to promote Civil Rights and the equality for African Americans. They walked down Constitution and Independence avenues. Then 100 years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. -
klan bombs birmingham church
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freedom day in selma
The line of men and women stretched from the registrar’s office in the Dallas County courthouse down its steps into the street, and it was only 9 a.m. It was made up of hundreds of local men and women who had awakened before dawn, determined to try and register to vote. Doing so, they defied local custom and facing violent hostility, especially from the Dallas County sheriff’s department. -
John F Kennedy
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Johnson Pushes Civil Rights
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Malcom X Leaves Nation of Islam
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Civil Rights Act
This act essentially eliminated legalized racial segregation in the US. Legislation made it illegal to discriminate against black or other minorities in hiring, public accommodations, education or transportation. -
Race Riot in Harlem
Racism had excluded black people not only from the voting booth but also from the accumulation of wealth and resources, a historical reality that could not be addressed by legal protection in the present. -
Mississippi Freedom Democrats Founded
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Malcolm X formerly adovocates self-defense and Black nationalist
During 1963 and 1964, civil rights activists became increasingly combative. in spite of the dominant nonviolent tradition in the movement. April 1964, Malcolm X gave ' The Ballot or the Bullet' speech- an ultimatum to white America that either African- Americans' rights would be recognized and respected or militant activity would be the response. -
War on Poverty
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Mississippi Freedom summer begins
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Freedom Summer Begins
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Freedom Summer Volunteers Disappear
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Civil Rights Act Signed
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Harlem Riot
The 1964 Harlem Riot was one of a number of race-based uprisings/ protests that took place in multiple cities across the United States during the 1960s. -
Rochester Riot
"It occurred less than a week after the Harlem Riot. The Rochester Rebellion came as a surprise to many white residents because of the city’s history of progressive 19th Century politics. A large part of that history revolved around the Underground Railroad, and resident abolitionist Fredrick Douglass as well as women’s rights activist Susan B. Anthony. Both were buried in the city’s Mount Hope cemetery." -
Democrats Refuse Mississippi Delegation
The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) was founded on April 26, 1964 as part of a voter registration project for African Americans in the state. For over half a century Mississippi blacks had attempted to attend regular Democratic Party meetings and conventions but were continually denied entry. They formed the MFDP, which welcomed both whites and blacks, to run several candidates for the Senate and Congressional elections on June 2, 1964. -
Mississippi Murders
the bodies of three civil rights workers are uncovered from an earthen dam southwest of Philadelphia, Miss. The photograph was entered as evidence by the prosecution in the trial of Edgar Ray Killen, who was accused in the killings of civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman. -
Mississippi Freedom Party Chooses Delegates
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Passed
On August 7, 1964, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
Fannie Lou Hamer Testifies
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Philadelphia Riots
The Philadelphia race riot took place in the predominantly black neighborhoods of North Philadelphia from August 28 to August 30, 1964. -
End of Philadelphia Riots
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MLK Jr. Wins Nobel Peace Prize Award
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Johnson Elected President by Landslide
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California Proposition 14
ballot proposition that amended the California state constitution, nullifying the Rumford Fair Housing Act. Proposition 14 was declared unconstitutional by the California Supreme Court in 1966. -
The March from Selma to Montgomery
Sing 1963, civil rights groups had undertaken an ambitious voter registration program in Selma Alabama but met with opposition from the city's sheriff backed up by violence from the police. -
Voting Rights Campaign in Selma
On March 17, 1965, even as the Selma-to-Montgomery marchers fought for the right to carry out their protest, President Lyndon Johnson addressed a joint session of Congress, calling for federal voting rights legislation to protect African Americans from barriers that prevented them from voting. -
Malcolm X
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Rosa Parks
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Muhammad Ali
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