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Stokely Carmichael
a Trinidadian-American political activist best known for leading the civil rights group SNCC in the 1960s. -
Congress of Racial Equality
This establishment was also crucial in the fight for rights for African Americans -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Supreme Court declared segregation illegal because separate facilities are not equal. -
Emmett Till
He was 14 yeas old and was lynched because he was flirting withh a white woman. -
Rosa Parks and Montgomery Bus Boycotts
Rosa Parks refused to move from the front of the bus, and this sparked the montgomery bus boycotts -
SCLC
Large role in gaining rights for African Americans. This organization's first leader was Martin Luther King jr. -
SNCC
one of the most important organizations of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. It emerged from a student meeting organized by Ella Baker held at Shaw University in April 1960. -
Letter From Birmigham Jail
This letter was written by Martin Luther King jr. in response to comments made in the papers concerning the issue of the civil rights movement and why MLK was in Alabama -
I have a Dream Speech
Letter written by Dr. King about his dream of a united America that did not depend on skin color -
24th Ammendment
prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin -
Malcom X Assassination
In New York City, Malcolm X, an African American nationalist and religious leader, is assassinated by rival Black Muslims while addressing his Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights. -
Bloody Sunaday
Six hundred marchers assembled in Selma on Sunday, March 7 crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge over the Alabama River en route to Montgomery. They found their way blocked by Alabama State troopers and local police who ordered them to turn around. When the protesters refused, the officers shot teargas and waded into the crowd, beating the nonviolent protesters with billy clubs and ultimately hospitalizing over fifty -
Voting Civil Rights Act of 1965
aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment (1870) to the Constitution of the United States. -
Executive order 11246
established requirements for non-discriminatory practices in hiring and employment on the part of U.S. government contractors. -
Black panthers
militant political organization set up in the US in 1966 to fight for black rights. -
MLK Assassination
MLK was assassinated while on the balcony of his hotel in Tennessee -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin and sex