NAACP- National Association for the Advancment of Color People wich worked to eliminate racial discrimination through legal action and education.
Martin Luther King Jr.- a prominent leader in the African American movement; clergyman
Malcolm X- born Malcolm Little was one of the most influential African Americans. He was an African American minister, public speak, and human rights activists.
Jackie Robinson-first major league baseball player for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka-U.S Supreme Court declared state laws saying that public schools seperate for blacks and whites were unconstitutional.
De-segregating the US Military- when Eisenhower was short replacement troops he told the African-Americans to get a gun and join the white men units. Truman ordered integration in 1948.
Little Rock 9- At Little Rock Central High School had nine students who weren't accepted by the Arkansas Governer Orval Faubus. Eisenhower intervened, and then the kids were allowed to.
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott- Rosa Parks wouldn't give her bus seat up to the whites, and then the African Americans boycotted riding buses.
Greensboro sit-ins- nonviolent protests in Greensboro, North Carolina. At Woolworth's store, four students sat and ordered and then stayed there all day. The next day more people joined in.
Freedom Rides- Civil rights activists that rode interstate buses into segregated southern United States to test the United States Supreme Court decision of Boynton v. Virginia. This happened in 1960.
Birmingham, Alabama—1963- The 16th Street Baptist Chuch in Birmingham was bombed on September 15, 1963. Opened eyes and the Civil Rights Movement helped and the bombing helped to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Four died in this attack.
Mississippi Summer Project( Freedom Summer project)- A campaign in June 1964 to try to get as many African-American voters in Mississippi, and to get freedom houses/schools.
Selma, Alabama—1965- March 7, 1965 was the first march in Selma. Civil Rights marchers were beaten by police with gas and clubs. The second march was March 9. third march went 51 miles in 5 days to the doorstep of Montgomery.
Voting Rights Act of 1965- Lyndon B. Johnson passed it outlawing discriminatory voting practices after the Civil War.
Civil Rights Act of 1964-Outlawed discrimination of white and black people; it outlawed discriminating in schools, registration, and workplace.
Stokely Carmichael-American black activist in the American Civil Rights Movement. He was a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and Prime minister of the Black Panther Party. He later became apart of movements such as the black nationalist and Pan-Africanist movements. "Black Power"
Black Panthers- This called for initially to protect African American neighborhoodsAmerican revolutionary leftist organization. This was active from 1966 to 1982. “Black Power” Movement.
Affirmative action- promote equal opportunity and make sure minority groups inside a society are included in programs.
Jesse Jackson- American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. Also a president candidate in 1984 and 1988. He was known to be the most important black leader with 15% vote.
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