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NAACP
A organisation to help the advancement of colored people. -
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The Black Power Movement
The progress of civil rights being given and wanted throughout all the 50's and 60's by the Black communities. -
Brown v. Board of Education
This ruling declared that the segregated schools are unconstitutional, and desegregated the schools. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycotts
Before this started it was Rosa Parks not giving up her seat on the bus, after that the boycotts started at the day of her hearing and lasted 381 days. -
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Counterculture
Younger Americans breaking the social and cultural norms that were set up by previous generations, such as their political activity during the Vietnam Conflict. -
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Feminist Movement
Women focused on fixing the inequalities at the workplace, and eliminate discrimination laws. -
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Latino Movement
The Latino Movement wanted the empowerment of Mexican Americans. -
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Hippies
The young people getting politically active, to protest the older generations and the Vietnam Conflict. -
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Fashion
The early 60s was classy with suits and ties. The mid to late 60s people stared wearing more vibrant colors such as Tie-Dye. -
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60s Music
The 60s was when the British Invasion started and The Beatles and many other English bands became very popular in America. -
March on Washington
The march on Washington were Martin Luther King Jr gave his "I have a dream" speech to the 200,000 Americans there. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
Voting Rights Act of 1964
This bill outlawed the laws discriminating blacks at the polls, such as litteracy tests. -
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Watt's Riots
The 6 day riot started when a black motorcyclist was arrested by a white officers, the riots claimed the lives of 34 people. -
MLK Assassination
James Earl Ray plotted a plan to kill Martin Luther King Jr, and he executed his plan April 4th 1968. -
Roe v. Wade
Woman wanted to terminate her pregnancy by aborting her child, but Texas state law prohibited the act of Abortion, the case worked its way up to the Supreme Court.
