Key Terms
Civil Rights for African-Americans, Women, and Latin-Americans/Native Americans- The civil rights movement was the main thing that gave the rights to them, like voting and not being discriminated and being treated more fairly
NAACP-National Assocication for the Advancement of Colored People- what they do is make sure that all minorities are given equaluality for education, economic, social, and political rights
Martin Luther King Jr.- was the man who gave the famous “I have a dream” speech. He was a large part of helping African Americans gain equality.
Malcolm X-Also had the name of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. He was a public speaker and human rights activist.
Jackie Robinson- He was the first African American professional baseball player. He was lots of major awards, and helped discrimination in baseball go away
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka-It declared that segregated schools for blacks and whites was unconstitutional. Basically got things ready for the civil rights movement
De-segregating the US Military- At first blacks and minorities would be in segregated units apart from the whites. But eventually, the units came together.
Little Rock 9- a group of African American Students who enrolled in Little Rock Central High School. At first they were not allowed in but the Pres. Eisenhower got involved and the students were let in
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott- Rosa Parks sat in a white mans bus seat, and went to jail for it. This lead to the Montgomery Bus Boycott where african americans just didn’t ride the bus. They did this in hopes to end the discrimination on buses
Greensboro sit-ins- protest that led to the Woolworths Department Store changing their policy of racial separation
Freedom Rides- were seven blacks and six whites rode buses from D.C. to the south to test the ruling of the case of Boynton v. Virginia, where they said that discrimination on buses was unconstitutional.
Birmingham, Alabama—1963- At this time a man walked into a Sunday school and placed a bomb under some stairs. It went off killing 4 girls and injuring 23 others
Mississippi Summer Project( Freedom Summer project)- set out to register as many african american voters that they could
Selma, Alabama—1965- Three marches lead by the Dallas County Voters League where african americans were attacked by state troopers
Voting Rights Act of 1965- aimed at stopping discrimination in voting
Civil Rights Act of 1964- its goal was to eliminated racial discrimination and segregation of minorities
Stokely Carmichael- he was a black activist speaker who lead the black panthers group and made the term “black power” popular
Black Panthers- Lead by Stokely Carmichael and set out to try and stop as much racism as possible
Affirmative action- made it easier for minorities to get a job because it made sure that a minority could not be denied a job because of his/her race.
Jesse Jackson- he formed rainbow and PUSH. He was also a candidate for the democratic presidential nomination
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