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Sipuel v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
Fisher was denied admission to the University of Oklahoma because of her race and filed a lawsuit with the Cleveland County District Court but that case was lost. She then filed an appeal with the Oklahoma Supreme Court but they sided with the initial ruling. But that wasn't the case with the U.S. Supreme Court they ruled in Fisher's favor saying that "Oklahoma must provide Fisher with the same opportunities for securing a legal education as it provided to other citizens of Oklahoma." -
George McLaurin case
The case began when the university of Oklahoma denied him admission to its graduate program in education,citing the segregation statute,which made it a misdemeanor to operate a school where both blacks and whites were taught. McLaurin filed suit in Federal Court in Oklahoma City,the school tried to segregate him on campus.He had to sit by himself in a seperate section of the classroom,sit at a seperate desk in the library, and sometimes eat at different times. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC
The SCLC was one of the most significant participants in the civil rights movement. The event that triggered the formation of the SCLC was the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott. Martin Luther King Jr. was chosen as their spokesman. -
Clara Luper
Clara Luper was the advisor for the Oklahoma City national association for the advancement of colored people (NAACP). The NAACP decided to do a sit in at a drug store in Oklahoma City. They launched the nations sit ins movement. They tried to end segregation in public places. She was often jailed for her actions. -
Women's liberation movement
women started to be allowed independence from their husbands when they were allowed to vote with the 19th amendment. They were wanting more freedom to do things men were allowed to do. During WWII they had to work while the men fought. When men came back, the women had to go be housewives again and they didn't like that, so they started fighting more for their freedom. -
"I Have a Dream"
Martin Luther king, jr. gave his famous speech on August 28, 1963. He gave the speech to talk about racism in the US. He tried to convince people by using the Emancipation Proclamation (freed millions of slaves in 1863) as an example to say they never really became free. -
LBJ's Civil Rights Initiative
The civil rights act of 1964 was signed into law by prsident johnson and it prohibited discrimination in public places, integrated schools and other public facilities, and made employment discrimination illegal. -
The 25th Amendment
if the president of the US dies in office, the Vice President will assume the position of presidency. First used in 1973 after Spiro Agnew's resignation, Gerald Ford was brought into office. -
American Indian Movement (AIM)
began in minneapolis, minnesota.they opened the K-12 Heart of the Earth Survival school in 1971,and in 1972 mounted the trail of Broken Treaties march on Washington D.C. where they took over the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in protest of its policies and with demands for their reform.The Revolutionary ferver of AIM's leaders drew the attention of the FBI and the CIA -
The Pentagon Papers
The papers revealed that the U.S. was infact involed in the colonial war against France and the communist led Viet Minh. they also revealed that the Truman administration was giving military aid to France. -
The 26th Amendment
The 26th Amendment prevents states and federal government from setting a voting age higher than 18. -
Roe v. Wade ruling
a US Supreme Court case saying most laws against abortion violate a constitutional right to privacy. The court ruled it violated the 14th amendment. Court also said that if states so chose, they could make abortion illegal. -
Siege at wounded knee
Sioux and the AIM seized control of Wounded Knee They also took residents hostages. Demanded the US government make good on treaties from 19th and 20th century. The siege lasted 71 days.
