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15th Amendment
The first amendment that granted African American men the right to vote -
14th Ammendment
declared every person as equal , all races must be treated the same reagardless of skin color -
jim crow laws
were state and local laws in the United States enacted between 1876 and 1965. They mandated de jure racial segregation in all public facilities in Southern states of the former Confederacy, with, starting in 1890, a "separate but equal" status for African Americans. The separation in practice led to conditions for African Americans that tended to be inferior to those provided for white Americans, systematizing a number of economic, educational and social disadvantages -
NAACP
Its mission is “to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination”.Its name, retained in accordance with tradition, uses the once common term colored people. -
19th amendement
amendment that granted women the right to vote -
Betty Friedan
US feminist who founded a national organization for women -
cesar chavez
US labor leader who organized farm workers -
Dolores Huerta
co-founder and first vice president of the us farm workers of america. -
Non violent protests
is the practice of achieving goals through symbolic protests, civil disobedience, economic or political noncooperation, and other methods, without using violence. It is largely synonymous with civil resistance -
league of united latin american citizens
Advancing the economic condition, educational attainment, political influence, health, and civil rights of the Hispanic population in the United States. -
congress on racial equality
is a U.S. civil rights organization that played a pivotal role for African-Americans in the Civil Rights Movement. Membership in CORE is still stated to be open to "anyone who believes that 'all people are created equal' and are willing to work towards the ultimate goal of true equality throughout the world -
Eleanor roosevelt
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march on washington
he March on Washington Movement was formed as a tool to organize a mass march on Washington, D.C., designed to pressure the U.S. government into desegregating the armed forces and providing fair working opportunities for African Americans. -
Federal Housing Authority
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is a US government agency created as a pat of the National Housing Act of 1934 -
Barbara jordan
1st african american woman from a southern state to win election from the us congress -
Martin Luther King Jr
Activist & Leader in the African American civile rights movement , idea of non violence for sucess -
United farm workers organizing commitee
is a labor union created from the merging of two groups, the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) led by Filipino organizer Larry Itliong, and the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) led by César Chávez. -
orval Faubus
governor of arakansas , he stood against segregation in litte rock ar. -
Rosa Parks
African- American civil rights activist , she refused to stand up for a white passenger in montgomery alabama. -
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. The campaign lasted from December 1, 1955, when Rosa Parks, an African American woman, was arrested for refusing to surrender her seat to a white person, to December 20, 1956, when a federal ruling, Browder v. Gayle, took effect, and led to a United States Supreme Court decision that declared the Alabama and -
Civil rights movement
was a worldwide political movement for equality before the law occurring between approximately 1950 and 1980. In many situations it took the form of campaigns of civil resistance aimed at achieving change by nonviolent forms of resistance -
civil rights act of 1957
Primarily voting rights bill ; was the civil rights legislation enacted by congress in the US since Reconstruction following the american civil war -
southern christian leadership conference
Their goal was to form an organization to coordinate and support nonviolent direct action as a method of desegregating bus systems across the South -
student non-violent coordianting commitee
was one of the organizations of the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. It emerged from a series of student meetings led by Ella Baker held at Shaw University in April 1960. 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 salary -
Lyndon Baines Johnson
36th president of the united states , us senate majority leader . involved ammerica in vietnam war -
24th amendment
congress and state cannot condition the right to vote in federal elections on payment of taxes -
Civil rights act of 1964
Landmark of legislation in the US that outlawed major forms of decimation against racila ethnic national and religiuous minorities and women -
great society
A domestic program in the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson that instituted federally sponsored social welfare programs -
voting rights act of 1965
landmark piece of national legislation in the US that outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans in the US. -
head start
A federal program that promotes the school reediness of children ages birth to five from low-income by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development. -
medicare
:A federal system of health insurance for people over 65 years of age and for certain younger people with disabilities -
national organization for women
s an organization founded in 1966 and which has a membership of 500,000 contributing members set up for the advancement of women. -
Black Panthers
was an African-American revolutionary socialist organization active in the United States from 1966 until 1982. -
Thurgood Marshall
First African american justice lawyer he served on the united states court of appeals for th second -
25th amendment
Allows the vice president to take charge of office if the president dies -
George Wallace
Announces he is presidental candidate on a third party ticket -
American Indian Movement
The organization was formed to address various issues concerning the Native American urban community in Minneapolis, including poverty, housing, treaty issues, and police harassmen -
la raza unida
was an American political party centered on Chicano nationalism. During the 1970s the Party campaigned for better housing, work, and educational opportunities for Mexican-Americans. -
26th amendment
allows voting age to be 18 to federal state & local courts -
Title IX
made it easier to move civil rights cases form the state courts with segregationist judges and all white juries to federal court -
Affirmative Action
an action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from decimation, especially in relation to employment or education. -
social security
a federal insurance program that provides benefits to retired persons, the unemployed, and the disabled. -
Upward bound
a federally fund educational program within the US. The program is one of a cluster of programs. -
Sonia Sotomayor
First Hispanic justice, obama nominated sotomayor to the supreme court , she taught at 2 law schools
