Civil Rights Movement 1943-1970

By carysdelahanty
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    NAACP

    The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
    NAACP has affected African American civil rights and focused primarily on educational improvements for the black community.
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    CORE

  • Brown vs. Board of Education

    Supreme Court cases that struck down the policy of separate but equal and mandated the desegregation of public schools.

  • Georgia State Flag

    Controversial flag that flew over Georgia from 1956-2001. The flag was controversial due to the flag's prominent Confederate Battle emblem.
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    Sibley Commision

    Supreme Court cases that struck down the policy of separate but equal and mandated the desegregation of public schools.
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    SNCC

    targeted Georgia's notorious southwest Black Belt region in an attempt end white supremacy
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    SCLC

    Led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who was living in Montgomery at the time, the organization eventually was supported by Southern religious leaders.

  • Albany Movement

    An organized civil rights protest led by the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, whose primary objective was to desegregate the city of Albany, Georgia, and the surrounding community.

  • March on Washington

    The famous jobs and civil rights march led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; the famous "I Have a Dream" speech was given at the march.

  • Civil RIghts Act

    Federal legislation that forbade discrimination on the basis of race and sex in hiring, firing, and promotion.