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Jim Crow laws
Mandated racial segregation in all public facilities in Southern states with a "separate but equal" status for African Americans -
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Eleanor Roosevelt
first lady of the US. She was also vocal in her African American Civil Rights movement. -
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Lyndon Baines Johnson
Introduced Medicare and Head Start and made made a lasting impact in health, education, urban renewal, conservation and civil rights. -
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
An African-American civil rights organization in the United States. -
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Orval Faubus
36th Governor of Arkansas who stood against the desegregation of Little Rock School District during the LIttle Rock Crisis. -
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Rosa Parks
Aided in the Montogomery Bus Boycott. -
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Hector P. Garcia
Founder of American G.I. Forum. -
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George Wallace
45th Governor of Alabama -
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Betty Friedan; Author of The Feminine Mystique
Earned the Elenor Roosevelt Award for Human rights and was the Presidnental Medal of Freedom. -
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Cesar Chavez
Famous Hispanic Civil Rights leader and co-founder of National Farmers Workers Association. -
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Leader of nonviolent protests for African American freedom. -
League of United Latin American Citizens LULAC
Fights against the discrimination towards Latinos in the U.S. -
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Dolores Huerta
Co-founder of the National Farmers Workers Association who is still living today. -
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Barbara Jordan
First African American elected to Texas Senate. -
Congress on Racial Equality
Had an important role for African-Americans in the Civil Rights Movement. -
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Civil Rights Movement
Large scale movement for equality. -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas 1954
Played a major part in ending segregation in schools. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Political and social protest against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
Protested throught nonviolent means to redem the soul of America. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
created on the campus of Shaw University in Raleigh -
March on Washington
Group of civil rights, labor, and religious organizations. -
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
Labor union created to get fair treatment for farmers. -
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Black Panthers
African-American organization who used more violently active means to protest for their rights. -
National Organization for Women (NOW)
Organization of women who protested for equal treatment. -
American Indian Movement (AIM)
Addressed various issues concerning the Native American urban community. -
La Raza Unida
Protested for better housing, work, and educational opportunities for Mexican-Americans.
