Civil Rights for :
African-Americans
The fight for civil rights for African Americans consisted of many protests, marches, and riots. With Malcom X and Martin Luther King Jr. as leaders, not to mention many others, the civil rights movement was born.
Women
The equal rights movement allowed for women to be a part of society. Also, the National Organization for Women was set up to support women and fight for what they wanted.
Latin-Americans/Native Americans
Farm Worker Movement allowed Latinos to receive higher wages and gain benefits. Native Americans wanted the land that they still had left and had their own American Indian Movement.
NAACP
NAACP stands for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. It was formedin 1909 and is one of the African-American Civil Rights organizations. It was created to make all things equal for colored people and eliminated hatred towards colored people.
Martin Luther King Jr.
One person who led the African American Civil Rights Movement. He gave his well known "I Have A Dream" speech. He was a key person in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and he was assassinated in 1968.
Malcolm X
He was a Muslim minister who took part in human rights and publically spoke. He was very interested and took part in African American rights, and he was assassinated in 1965. Historians view him as a major part of the fight for African American rights.
Jackie Robinson
He was the first African American to play professional baseball. He played for the Dodgers and was later recogized in the Hall of Fame.
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Previousley, segregation in schools was allowed because of Plessy vs. Ferguson, but this ruled it unconstitutional and a violation of the 14th ammendment. Thus, no more segregation in schools, such as seperate schools for all whites and all blacks.
De-segregating the US Military
Throughout World War II, the military was heavily segregated, but as time went on it got more and more lenient until the segregation ceased.
Little Rock 9
This was a group of nine black students enrolled in an all white school. The Arkasas governor was not allowing it, but Eisenhower allowed them to. The school was Little Rock Central High School. They were harrassed by white people at the school, and their lives were also threatened.
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks was tired after a long day's work and would not give up her seat to a standing white man as directed by the driver. She was later arrested, and this led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott which other African American's took place in.
Greensboro sit-ins
This consisted of nonviolent protests in hopes of gaining desegregation. It took place in North Carolina at Woolworth's in order to eliminate segreation in the department store chain.
Freedom Rides
African-Americans in Montgomery rufused to use buses as transportation until they became unsegregated.
Birmingham, Alabama—1963
Birminham was a place where the trouble for African Americans and the civil rights moved was based. Together, Martin Luther King Jr. and Fred Shuttleswork were able to come up with "Project Confrontation" and were able to target Jim Crow system. Many other marches and riots were held here. Many people were arrested, and Martin Luther King Jr. wrote Letter for Birmingham Jail which became famous.
Mississippi Summer Project
It was a major campaign to get black people to use the voting right. This is when the government set up 30 schools that now had black history in the curriculum in Mississippi. Over 70,000 kids participated in Freedom Summer.
Selma, Alabama—1965
Public places in Selma were segregated even though at least half if not more of the population were black, and the people were not happy. They were denied rights and marched to Mongomery (Selma to Montgomery marches). They started with under 4,000 people and ended up with around 25,000 after walking four day to the capital at 12 miles a day.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This outlawed discrimination against black people when it came to the right to voting.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlawed segregation against women and African-Americans in schools, places of work, and other public facilities.
Stokely Carmichael
He was a member of the Freedom Riders and gave a famous "Black Power" speech. He ended up becoming an honorary prime minister of the Black Panther Party.
Black Panthers
The Black Panthers were an all black political group who fought for the rights of black people. They were political as well as involved in civil rights movements. They worked to make the black community better and appear better.
Affirmative action
This helped those minority groups who were being discriminated against to gain the ability to be just as much a part of the government, schools, and workforce as any other person.
Jesse Jackson
He was a Baptist minister and spent time as an African-American activist. He started the program Raibow/PUSH, and he participated in the Selma to Montgomery marches. He began more as an activist in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
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