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Stokely Carmichael
Stokely was born in Trinidad, but moved to the United States when he was a teenager. He joined the civil rights movement in his last years of high school, and joined the SNCC while in college. In 1968, he wrote a book titled "Black power: The Politics of Liberation". He soon died at the age of 57. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
On May 17, 1954 The Supreme Court decided that segregation in schools was a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. After Linda Brown and her sister had to walk through dangerous neighborhoods to get to their school, their father had had enough. There was an all whites school very close to where they had lived, so he thought this was unfair. After taking this to The Supreme Court, they had decided it was unconsitutional for schools to be segregated. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott started four day after Rosa Parks got arrested. It was the act of many people, mostly blacks, refusing to use bus systems in Montgomery, Alabama as a protest. It ended on December 21, 1956, after the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the desegregation of Montgomery's bus system. This protest lasted 381 days. -
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The SCLC
The SCLC stands for The Southern Christian Leadership Conference. It was founded in 1957 by Martin Luther King Jr. , to stand up for civil rights non-violently. -
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Black Power
The Black Power Movement was used to symbolize how blacks can stand up for their rights. It does not have a start or end date, as Black Power will always be present -
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Counterculture
Counterculture took place in the 1960's, where many people, mostly young, decided to go against what was normal. These people did many drugs, dressed differently, and were called "hippies". -
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The Feminist Movement
The Feminist Movement in the 1960's revolved around the unfairness present in the workplace. Women and men were not paid equally, and women could not get some jobs that men received easily. -
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The Latino Movement
After many blacks stood up for civil rights, people of Mexican descent decided to. It was also called "The Chicano Movement", and was Mexican-Americans fighting for their equality. -
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Counterculture Music
The music of counterculture was greatly influenced by old rock n' roll. One of the biggest events of the 1960's was the Woodstock Festival. This took place in New York and lasted 3 days. This festival had many artists, from all around, and greatly influenced music. -
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Counterculture Hippies
In the 1960's, counterculture was big. This was people going against the social norms, and they soon gained the name "hippies". Many of these hippies listened to psychedelic rock and did drugs. The word hippie comes from the word hipster, first used around the 1940s -
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Counterculture Fashion
Hippies in the 1960's were all about being happy. Because of this, they often wore bright colors, tie dye, and did not care what others thought about it. They often wore sandals or went barefoot, and did not shop at luxury stores. Instead, they shopped at flea markets or thrift stores. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned the segregation in public places involving things such as race, gender, and skin color. Before this, many people would not be served at restaurants, had to sit in different places, and use different restrooms because of their race. Because of this, people could be more comfortable in public and feel welcome. -
The Watts Riots
These riots took place in Los Angeles, after a black man was pulled over by a white cop, because there was a suspicion that he was driving under the influence. This created tension between blacks and the cops. Many people started to break into stores, flip cars, and stole. These riots lasted 6 days, and ended August 17,1965 -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968 in Memphis Tennessee. While standing on the balcony at a hotel he was staying at, a bullet hit him in the neck, causing him to die. It was later found that the killer was James Earl Ray -
Roe vs. Wade
A woman named Roe was pregnant, and wanted to have an abortion, but Texas didn't allow abortions, unless it was a medical emergency. She went to court for this, and it was decided that getting an abortion was a woman's choice, supported by the Fourteenth Amendment.
