Civil Rights for African-Americans: African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968) outlawed racial discrimination against them. They were given freedom and a right to vote. Many leaders pushed for the freedom of African-Americans inculding people such as Malcom X and Martin Luther King Jr.
Women(Ch. 23.2): Feminism, the belief that women should have political, economic, and social equality with men, had a big part in womens rights. In 1950, there was only 1 out of every 3 women that worked for wages. This rate slowly increased though out the following years. The U.S. mostly ignored discrimination of women until Kennedy became president. In 1961, he appointed the Presidential Commission of the Status of Women. It was brought to attention by the Commission shortly after it was appointed that women were treated very unfairly in the work place. Women became very involved in civil rights movements.
Latin:Americans/Native Americans(Ch. 23.1) - Many Latin-Americans and Native Americans strived to have equal rights and have their culture respected. The National Farm Workers Orginization formed the United Farm Workers Organizing Comitee. They demanded that large fruit and vegetable companies form unions. After this, farm workers were guaranteed higher wages. This inspired other Latinos to start movements across the country.
NAACP: The National Association for the Advacemnet of Colored People was created to ensure equal rights for all differnet races. It was founded in 1908. It's goal was to ensure the rights that were stated in the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments.
Martin Luther King Jr.: He was an activist and the leader of the African American Civil Rights Movement. Martin was best known for the advancement of civil rights for African Americans by using non-involvment methods. He was assassinated April 4, 1968.
Malcolm X: He was an advocate for the rights of African Americans. Malcolm X was also a public speaker and became a member of the Nation of Islam. He was also accused of teaching black supremacy. He was assassinated like Martin Luther King Jr, but on February 21, 1965.
Jackie Robinson: He was the first black Major League baseball player. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and created an integrated baseball team.
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka: An 8 year old girl wasn't aloud to go to a school that was only a few blocks away from her home and instead had to go to a non-white elementary school. The childs parents' filed a lawsuit against the Board of Education of Topeka. In the end, the court was asked to strike down on segragation.
De-segregating the US Military: All colored soldiers were finally placed in with white soldiers and the military was mixed together.
Little Rock 9: This was a group of students that were enrolled in to Little Rock Central High School during 1957. These children were involved in the Little Rock Crisis. They weren't aloud into the school into the racially segregated school but then later were able to attend. This was one of the biggest events in the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott: There was a political and social boycott in Montgomery, Alabama. It was intended to go against the racial segragation on the public buses in the city. Rosa Parks was arrested December 1, 1955 for not giving up her seat for a white person on a bus.
Greensboro sit-ins: These were a series of protests to end racial segragation. They took place in Greensboro, North Carolina. African-american men would sit the 'White's only counter' and refuse to move until the bar closed.
Freedom Rides: a bus trip that was made to spots in the Southern U.S. that was created for people that were trying to stop segragated public facilities.
Birmingham, Alabama—1963: This event marked a turning point in the United States. A baptist church on 16th Street in Birmingham, Alabama was bombed on September 15, 1963. The church was an African-American church. Four girls were killed in the explosion.
Mississippi Summer Project( Freedom Summer project): This was a campain launched in June 1964. It was an attempt to get as many African-American members to register to vote in Mississippi.
Selma, Alabama—1965: The Selma Voting Rights Movement was created in this year.
Voting Rights Act of 1965: This outlawed discriminatory voting practices. These were responsible for the widespread disenfranchisment of African Americans in the U.S.
Civil Rights Act of 1964: This outlawed major forms of discrimination against blacks and women. It also outlawed racial segragation in schools.
Stokely Carmichael: He was a black activist during the civil rights movemnet in the 1960's.
Black Panthers: This was an African American revolutional leftist orginization.
Affirmative action: an effort to improve employment or education of minority groups.
Jesse Jackson: he was an American civil rights activist and a baptist minister. He was voted the most important black leader.
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Sources: http://www.naacp.org/pages/naacp-history america.gov
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