NAACP- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The NAACP is a civil rights organization for the ethnic minorities in the US. It was formed in 1909 and it's mission is to "ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination".
Martin Luther King Jr.- African American civil rights leader, and a Baptist who worked for Civil Rights by using peaceful ways. Gave his famous "I Have a Dream" Speech. Won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
Malcolm X- US political activist who campaigned for equal rights peacefully in 1964. Was assassinated in 1965.
Jackie Robinson- first African-American to play in Major League Baseball.
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka- Took place in 1954. Made separate public schools for blacks and whites unconstitutional.
De-segregating the US Military- De-segregation started with Truman. he ordered the integration of the army a little while after WW2.
Little Rock 9- Group of 9 African American students enrolled in Central High School in Alabama in 1957. They were prohibited from entering the school by the Arkansas Governor at the time, but proceeded to go to school after President Eisenhower intervened.
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott- Rosa Parks was arrested in 1955 on a Montgomery, Alabama bus because she refused to give up her seat in the front of the bus for a white man. After this the Montgomery Bus Boycott started. African-Americans refused to ride the bus. They walked, or took cars if they had them. Or some even used mules.
Greensboro sit-ins- Non-violent protests that eventually led to Woolsworth department stores reversing it's segregation policy.
Freedom Rides- African Americans who rode interstate busses into segregated areas to test Boynton vs. virginia.
Birmingham, Alabama—1963- Bombing that took place at Sixteenth Street Baptist Church where civil rights activists like Martin Luther King Jr. had their meetings. 4 people were killed.
Mississippi Summer Project( Freedom Summer project)- campaign in the us beginning in june 1964 to register as many african american voters as possible in Mississippi because they were now able to vote.
Selma, Alabama—1965- Selma to Montgomery Marches were held in 1965 that marked the high point of the Civil Rights movement.
Voting Rights Act of 1965- Outlawed discrimination in the voting process.
Civil Rights Act of 1964- Ended racial segregation in schools, made it to where people had to treat blacks and women as equals.
Stokely Carmichael- Popularized the term "Black Power." Black activist in the 1960's who led the Student Non-violent Coordinating Commitee.
Black Panthers- Originally formed to protect communities from racial discrimination and to protect from police brutality.
Affirmative action- States that people have to be hired no matter race, gender or sexual orientation.
Jesse Jackson- african american civil rights activist. Candidate for Democratic election in 1984.
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