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Black Power
This movement lead to African Americans getting there civil rights, With this there was a lot of violence and marches. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
This court case changed the governments mind on segregation in public schools and decided it was unconstitutional. Even though they said state sponsored segregation was constitutional after the Plessy v. Ferguson Case. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
This movement was started after an African American Women named Rosa Parks did not give up her bus seat to a white man and was arrested. This movement ended after the supreme court ruled it was unconstitutional and the African Americans returned to riding the buses. -
Little Rock Crisis
Nine negro students enrolled into a white school but were prevented, this lead to the little rock crisis and the government got involved. -
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Feminist Movement
This was a movement of political campaigns for the rights of women. The goal was to get equal rights for all women. -
Conterculture
Many young men and women became political activist during this time. They were the people who helped the civil rights movements. -
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Sit in Movement
The sit in Movement was a group of non violent protesters that would have groups of people sit at segregated places to try to get a positive outcome. In many towns, the sit-ins were successful in achieving the desegregation of lunch counters and other public places, and over 70,000 people took part in the sit ins. -
Latino Movement
This was a civil rights movement for Latinos. The main goal was to achieve Mexican American empowerment. -
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Freedom Riders
The Freedom riders were civil activist who rode buses into segregated parts of towns. They tried to change to peoples opinion on segregation -
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Birmingham Violence
This was a movement to bring attention to integration efforts of African Americans. Some protesters were struck with a water jet from a fire truck. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act ended discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. This act ended all unequal segregation in the work force, voting registration and schools. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This act prohibits discrimination in voting. This act made literacy test illegal and gave African Americans equal voting rights. -
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Watt's Riot
This riot was started after a African American Motorist was pulled over for suspicion of drunk driving and a fight broke out. The community then reacted by 6 days of looting and arson, this resulted in 34 deaths. -
Bilingual Education Act
This is the first act in history that was for the needs of Limited English speaking students in the U.S. -
Roe vs. wade
This is a big case in United States History. The case was decided by using another case in history Doe v. Bolton.
