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15th Amendment
Constitution granted African American men the right to vote by declaring that the "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, -
Jim Crow Laws
the Jim Crow laws were state and local laws in the United States enacted between 1876 and 1965 -
Plessy v. Ferguson
the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal -
Affirmative action
efers to policies that take factors including "race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or national origin -
National Organization of women
an organization founded in 1966 and which has a membership of 500,000 contributing members set up for the advancement of women. -
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson, often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States, a position he assumed after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States -
NAACP
an African-American civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909. ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination -
Hector P. Garcia
Hector Perez Garcia (January 17, 1914-July 26, 1996) was a Mexican-American physician, surgeon, World War II veteran, civil rights advocate, and founder of the American G.I. Forum.[ -
George Wallace
George Corley Wallace Jr. was an American politician and the 45th governor of Alabama,. -
19th amendment
prohibits any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex. -
Betty Ffriedan
Betty Friedan (February 4, 1921 – February 4, 2006) was an American writer, activist, and feminist. -
Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chavez was an American farm worker, labor leader and civil rights activist, who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association -
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC),
was created to combat the discrimination that Hispanics face in the United States. Established February 17, 1929 in Corpus Christi, Texas -
Dolores Huerta
Dolores Clara Fernandez Huerta is a labor leader and civil rights activist who, along with César Chávez, co-founded the National Farmworkers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers. -
Federal housing authority
It insured loans made by banks and other private lenders for home building and home buying. -
social security
In the United States, Social Security refers to the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance -
Barbars Jordan
An American politocan, and a leader of the civil rights movement. She was the first African American elected into the Texas house Senate. -
Mendez v. Westminster
federal court case that challenged racial segregation in Orange County, California schools. -
Delgado v. Bastrop ISD, Edgewood ISD v. Kirby
In 1947 the Ninth Circuit Court in California found that separation "within one of the great races" without a specific state law requiring the separation was not permitted; therefore, segregation of Mexican-American children, who were considered Caucasian, was illegal. -
Sweatt v. Painter,
a U.S. Supreme Court case that successfully challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine of racial segregation established by the 1896 case Plessy v. Ferguson. -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas
A case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. -
Orval Faubus
Faubus was the 36th Governor of Arkansas, serving from 1955 to 1967. He is best known for his 1957 stand against the desegregation of the Little Rock School District -
Civil rights Movement
civil rights movement was a worldwide political movement for equality before the law occurring between approximately 1950 and 1980 -
Rosa Parks,
Parks refused to obey bus driver James F. Blake's order that she give up her seat in the colored section to a white passenger, after the white section was filled. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
had a large role in the American Civil Rights Movement -
Hernandez v. Texas
decided that Mexican Americans and all other racial groups in the United States had equal protection under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. -
Civil right act of 1957
act that kick-started the civil rights legislative programme that was to include the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act. -
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
grew into a large organization with many supporters in the North who helped raise funds to support SNCC's work in the South, allowing full-time SNCC workers to have a $10 per week . -
Eleanor Roosevelt
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was the longest-serving First Lady of the United States, holding the post from 1933 to 1945 during her husband Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office. Roosevelt was a controversial First Lady for her outspokenness, particularly for her stands on racial issues. -
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC
a labor union created from the merging of two groups, the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee -
March on washington
A walk for jobs and freedom by african Americans and many others -
Civil rights act of 1964
act that kick-started the civil rights legislative programme that was to include the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act. -
24th amendment
rohibits 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. -
Upward Bound
Upward Bound is a federally funded educational program within the United States. -
Medicare
Medicare is a national social insurance program, administered by the U.S. federal government since 1965, that guarantees access to health insurance for Americans ages 65 and older and younger people with disabilities as well as people with end stage renal disease -
voting rights act of 1965
a landmark piece of national legislation in the United States that outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans in the U.S.[2] -
25th amendment
the United States Constitution deals with succession to the Presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, -
14th Amendment
prohibits state and local governments from depriving persons of life, liberty, or property without certain steps being taken to ensure fairness. -
Thurgood Marshall
first African-American justice. -
Tinker v. De Moines
decision by the United States Supreme Court that defined the constitutional rights of students in U.S. public schools. -
American indian Movement
a Native American activist organization in the United States, founded in 1968 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with an agenda that focuses on spirituality, leadership, and sovereignty -
La Raza Unida (Mexican Americans United)
he Raza Unida Party was established on January 17, 1970, at a meeting of 300 Mexican Americans at Campestre Hall in Crystal City, Texas. José Ángel Gutiérrez and Mario Compean, who had helped found MAYO -
26th amendment
states or federal government from setting a voting age higher than eighteen. -
Edgewood ISD v. Kirby
the U.S. Constitution prohibits unequal funding for public schools in Texas. -
Sonia Sotomayor
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving since August 2009. Sotomayor is the Court's 111th justice, its first Hispanic justice, and its third female justice. -
Martin Luther King jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. -
Great society
Two main goals of the Great Society social reforms were the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. -
Congress on Racial Equality (CORE)
The Congress of Racial Equality or CORE is a U.S. civil rights organization that played a pivotal role for African-Americans in the Civil Rights Movement -
Black Panthers
The Black Panther Party (originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) was an African-American revolutionary socialist organization active in the United States from 1966 until 1982. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott, a seminal event in the U.S. civil rights movement, was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. -
Militant Protests
Having a combative character; aggressive, especially in the service of a cause: a militant political activist. -
Non-Violent Protests
The doctrine, policy, or practice of rejecting violence in favor of peaceful tactics as a means of gaining political objectives.
