Civil Rights

  • Brown vs. Board of Education-

    Brown vs. Board of Education-

    Brown vs. Board of Education- ended segregation in schools. Helped people not be segregated.
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott happened during the civil rights movement about equal rights for people of color on buses.
  • Little Rock Crisis

    Little Rock Crisis

    The Little Rock Crisis was a time where schools didn't allow African Americans to go to central high school.So they ended that and allowed African Americans to go to school.
  • Hippies

    Hippies

    People who commonly did drugs and wore weird outfits. Know for making peace with life and earth.
  • Fashion of 1960's

    Fashion of 1960's

    Hippies were commonly dressed in baggy clothes with headbands. They also had weird sunglasses.
  • Sit-in Movement

    Sit-in Movement

    Sit-in Movement- Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white male which started the sit-in movement.
  • Counterculture

    Counterculture

    Started as a peaceful protest by hippies to end war and not fight.
  • Black Power

    Black Power

    To show people of color they are strong and powerful and they are able to win this fight against segregation.
  • Music in 1960s

    Music in 1960s

    There was many popular music and bands at this time such as the Beatles.
  • Latino movement

    Latino movement

    Movement for equal rights for Mexicans. To ensure equal rights for Mexicans.
  • Free riders

    Free riders

    Free riders- White and Black joined together in a bus to drive to segregated areas to protest.
  • Ceaser Chavez

    Ceaser Chavez

    Activist for equal rights to Mexicans and spoke for people dealing with unfair treatment because of their race.
  • United farm workers

    United farm workers

    Team brought together by Ceaser Chavez for equal rights for different races.
  • Betty Friedan

    Betty Friedan

    Activist for women's rights. Wrote a book on women's rights
  • March on Washington

    March on Washington

    March on Washington contained 200,000 Americans of different races came to march to support equal rights for people of color.
  • Civil rights act of 1964

    Civil rights act of 1964

    Act for equal rights of people of different races. To help people gain equal rights
  • Selma March

    Selma March

    March for equal voting rights for people of different races. Whites marched to support people of color.
  • Watts riot

    Watts riot

    Happened in watts neighborhood over an argument that later turned into a fight.
  • Martin L. King assassination

    Martin L. King assassination

    He was shot in Memphis Tennessee by James earl ray. He was assassination on April 4 1968.
  • Roe vs.wade

    Roe vs.wade

    Argument on the issue of abortion rights for women.
  • Feminist movement

    Feminist movement

    A protest started by women to gain equality and to show women can do anything men can do. Such as work in factories, and work with tools.
  • Todays feminism

    Todays feminism

    Women are protest that women should have the right to determine if they want to have an abortion. Fighting for higher pay to get the same amount as men.