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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Powerful legal force that argued cases in the Supreme Court.
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Urban League
nonpartisan civil rights organization based in New York City that advocates on behalf of African Americans and against racial discrimination in the United States.
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Robert Weaver
1st black cabinet member under LB Johnson who focused on needs in the inner cities living.
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Congress of Recial Equality (CORE)
a U.S. civil rights organization that played an important role for African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement.
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Brown vs. the Board.
Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.
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Montgomery bus boycott
Was a major event in the civil rights movemwnt. Led by Martin Luther king jr. In attempet to segregation within the transportation system.
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Rosa Parks
A black seamstress who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery city bus to a white person.
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Southern Christian Leadership Confrence (SCLC)
An African American Civil Rights organization, a group of ministers that supported the montgomery bus boycott. SCLC -
Little Rock 9
nine african american students enrolled in Little Rock Central highschool. in Arkansas. Which was an all white school. druing the time of segregation.
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Sit ins
an organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave.
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Student non-violent coordinating comittee (sncc)
a U.S. civil-rights organization formed by students whose aim was to achieve political and economic equality for blacks. SNCC -
Adam Clayton Powell
A congressman and civil rights member who lead a movement on minimum wage and anti poverty bill. Powell played a key role in passing many federal education and social welfare programs.
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Freedom riders
a bus trip made to parts of the southern U.S. by people engaging in efforts to integrate racially segregated public facilities.
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Thurgood Marshall
The courts 96th justice and the first African american Justice. One of the justice's involved with the brown vs. Board of Edu."
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Medgar Evers
A Civil Rights leader who conducted campaigns to register black voters and organized boycotts.
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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March on Washington
was one of the largest political rallies for human rights in United States history and demanded civil and economic rights for African Americans.
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24th Amendment
The 24th Amendment gave voting rights to ebery american citizen, disregarding their race or religion. getting rid of poll taxes.
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Malcom X (Malcom Little)
Malcom X was an african american leader an a spokes person for self-sufficiency, he was a human rights activist. Assassinated in 1965.
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Voting rights Act of 1965
Prohibited the use of literacy tests as part of voter registration.
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Watts, Detroit Race Riots.
A riot between police and blacks that took place in the WATTS neighborhood in the 1960's. After the voting bill waas passed.
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Black Panthers
members of a militant political organization set up in the US to fight for black rights.
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