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In response to the lynchings of black war veterans, President Truman announces the intent to end segregation of the armed forces. image: "Poor William's Almanack, July 26, 2010, Voodoo Medicine?" Poor William Almanack & Journal. Web. 20 Apr. 2012. http://www.poorwilliam.net/al-072610.html.
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A case in which the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren, ruled the segregation of public schools unconstituional. Decision faced huge resistance in the South. image:"Kansas 150 SLK." : Brown v. Board of Education. Web. 20 Apr. 2012. http://kansas150slk.blogspot.com/2010/07/brown-v-board-of-education.html.
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The governor of Arkansas was using the National Guard to prevent African-American students from entering a high school. Eisenhower directly responded with troops.
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Formed by MLK, Jr., wanted to use the power of black churches to benefit black rights.
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Created to protect and enforce civil and voting rights.
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This date marked the beginning of a long occurrence of sit-ins made by black citizens at white-only facilities.
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Group that wanted to give more focus and force to the sit-in movement.
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1960 marked the beginning of these bus rides across the South promoting integration.
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A mob torched one of these busses in Alabama. Also in Alabama, a riot broke out against these rides. This violence led to the issuing of federal marshalls to protect the rides. image:http://www.ibiblio.org/sncc/rides.html
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James Meredith was being refused entrance due to his race. JFK sent thousands of troops to make sure he got enrolled.
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Campaigned in Birmingham against discrimination, met with violence.
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Brought the majority of the South's black population into voting.
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Televised speech in which JFK made the civil rights movement a "moral issue".
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MLK led more than 200,000 demonstrators to the Capitol. Gave "I Have a Dream" speech.
"I have a dream that one day my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." -MLK -
Passed in JFK's memory, banned racial discrimination in most public facilities, employers could not discriminate by race, gave power to the EEOC, and provided gender equality.
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Abolished poll taxes in federal elections.
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A massive drive of voter-registration.
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Passed by LBJ, helped out women and minorities.
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Outlawed literacy tests for voting and sent federal voter registrars into Southern states.
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Idea spread by Stokely Carmichael that wanted to smash Western accomplishments.
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His death in Memphis led to riots across the nation.
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A minority hiring quota established by Nixon.
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The law would gurantee gender equality. However, it eventually died out and did not pass into law.
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The Court prohibited a law that would make abortion illegal.
