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Jim Crow laws
Jim Crow laws were set to desegregate schools, restaurants, restrooms, public transportation, and other public places. -
NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People also known as NAACP is a civil rights organization that was created in the United states in 1909. This Organization was created to advance Justice for African Americans. -
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Malcolm X
El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, also known as Malcolm X, was an African American minister, and human rights activist who became one the worlds most famous leaders who brought change in the united states. -
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Martin Luther King Jr.
African American minister and activist who became the most inspirational leader in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. -
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Black Panthers and Huey Newton
The Black Panthers, was a political organization founded in 1966 by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton to rise up against police brutality against the African American community. -
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Brown v. Board of Education
This case resulted in the Supreme Court making a decision to desegregate schools. -
SCLC
SCLC also known as Southern Christian Leadership Conference was a civil rights organization for African Americans that was associated with Martin Luther King Jr. -
Little Rock Nine
A group of nine African American who were enrolled into Little Rock Central High School. This event was followed by the Little Rock Crisis where the students were prevented from entering the racially segregated school by the Governor of Arkansas. -
SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)
This committee was the highest student committee in the united states in the 1960's to the civil rights movement. -
John F. Kennedy's Role in the Civil Rights Movement
He believed the the civil rights was morally right and he made sure that the civil rights legislation was submitted to the constitution so that way public facilities was equally open to all races and he made a effort to end segregation. -
CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)
African American civil rights organization that played a very crucial role on the civil rights movement. -
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Greensboro Woolworth Sit-ins
In 1960, in Greensboro, there was a restaurant that had a "Whites Only" lunch counter. There were four African American student that protested and sat at the counter and denied leaving after being asked to leave after several times. -
James Meredith and Ole Miss
James Meredith: The first African American student at the University of Mississippi. He was Originally rejected and a legal battle was ensued this eventually led to bloody riots on Ole Miss -
Lyndon B. Johnson's Role in the Civil Rights Movement
He signed civil right bills that racial discrimination in public facilities would be banned along with housing as well. -
24th Amendment
The Twenty-fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution prohibits both Congress and the states from controlling the right to vote in federal elections on tax payments. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act prevented or prohibited discrimination acts in public facilities and in job employments along with school and education in general. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This act prohibits Racial Discrimination acts in voting. -
Black Power and Stokely Carmichael
A U.S civil rights activist in the 1960's who originated the slogan "Black Power". He was from Trinidad and immigrated to New York in 1952. -
Kerner Commission
It was a 11-member commission that wanted to investigate the reasons behind the 1967 race riots and what can they do to prevent future riots the report was released in 1968 after a 7-month investigation. -
Assassination of MLK, Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated April 4, 1968, Memphis, TN.