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The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was formed in 1957 just after the Montgomery Bus Boycott had ended. The main aim was to advance the cause of civil rights in America but in a non-violent manner. Advance civil rights in a non-violent manner. Key member: MLK https://nationalsclc.org/about/history/ -
Governor Orval Faubus prevented 9 African American students from entering the high school. President Eisenhower uses National Guard to protect student's entry into the school. https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/central-high-school-integration -
President Eisenhower established the Civil Rights Section of the
Justice Department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain
court injunctions against interference with the right to vote. https://www.longwharf.org/the-civil-rights-act-of-1957/ -
Four African American students sat at a whites-only lunch counter
and refused to leave after being denied service. Protesting racial segregation. https://www.britannica.com/event/Greensboro-sit-in -
Mexican-American civil rights movement. Artists began using the walls of city buildings, housing projects, schools, and churches to depict Mexican-American culture. https://depts.washington.edu/moves/Chicano_intro.shtml -
Student political organization civil rights movement group. Used nonviolent tactics. https://www.thoughtco.com/student-nonviolent-coordinating-committee-45358 -
Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern U.S. Challenged and protested local laws that ignored integration. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-freedom-riders-then-and-now-45351758/ -
In 1962 co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association (later called the United Farm Workers Union). Was a Latino American civil rights activist. https://www.npr.org/2016/08/02/488428577/cesar-chavez-the-life-behind-a-legacy-of-farm-labor-rights -
He called for civil and economic rights and economic rights and an end to racism in the U.S. https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/postwarera/civil-rights-movement/a/the-march-on-washington-for-jobs-and-freedom -
He defends the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/02/letter-from-a-birmingham-jail/552461/ -
LBJ outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or
national origin. It prohibits unequal application of voter registration
requirements, and racial segregation in schools, employment, and public accommodations. https://www.britannica.com/event/Civil-Rights-Act-United-States-1964 -
Prohibits the poll tax in elections.The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. https://study.com/academy/lesson/24th-amendment-lesson-for-kids.html -
MLK led thousands of nonviolent demonstrators to Montgomery,
Alabama where local African Americans had been campaigning for
voting rights. https://www.nbcnews.com/video/bloody-sunday-a-flashback-of-the-landmark-selma-to-montgomery-marches-1191243331868 -
LBJ outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many
southern states after the Civil War. It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting. https://www.nps.gov/articles/votingrightsact.htm -
Black Power political organization founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Political organization founded to challenge police brutality against the African American community. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Black-Panther-Party -
Lawyer for the NAACP that argued for Brown v. Board of Ed.
Appointed by LBJ. First African American to serve on the Supreme Court. http://lsrelay-config-production.s3.amazonaws.com/7e9682e79e7b5120b2f542143acf429dc96c25d6f4a21e64747f2927f0f42deb/block_screen.html?id=f6a6f387-b7ac-4a6b-a6ba-cd153e4a4fb1 -
Initially formed to address Native American affirmation, treaty
issues, spirituality, and leadership while also addressing incidents of
police harassment and racism against Natives. Their paramount
objective is to create "real economic independence for the Indians”. https://genderraceclassblog.wordpress.com/native-american-rights/american-indian-movement-aim-protests-from-1975-1991/ -
James Earl Ray assassinated Dr. King in Memphis, TN outside his
hotel room. https://www.google.com/search?q=mlk+assassinated&source=lmns&bih=572&biw=644&rlz=1CASFKO_enUS925US925&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjdqsj72tTvAhUI66wKHXhrAFUQ_AUoAHoECAEQAA&safe=active&ssui=on -
Appointed by Reagan. The first female to serve on the court. She received unanimous Senate approval and made history as the first woman justice to serve on the nation's highest court -
Appointed by Obama. First Hispanic and Latina to serve on the
court. She is the third woman to become an associate justice of the Supreme Court. https://www.google.com/search?q=Sonia+Sotomayor+appointed+to+the+Supreme+Court&rlz=1CASFKO_enUS925US925&sxsrf=ALeKk01JIvR9R0Nex8e3G9s_ZGaQFTP9tg:1616994077846&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjaiPSs3NTvAhXzdM0KHQrSAmoQ_AUoAnoECAEQBA&biw=673&bih=609&safe=active&ssui=on#imgrc=K8sY1R7MNNkYCM