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This gave people of the U.S. rights of citizenship and equal protection of the law. -
The right to vote should not be denied on account of race or color. This gave African American males the right to vote. -
Booker T. Washington founded this and it was the foundation for a normal school for colored teachers. This gave vocational training and provided students with academic. -
The NAACP, or the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, event was a civil rights organization made to help fight for the rights of African Americans. W.E.B. Du Bois was the key founder. -
The right to vote should not be denied on account of sex. This allowed women to vote. -
President Truman abolished discrimination "on the basis of race,
color, religion or national origin" in the integrated units of the military. -
Public schools were integrated. It also overturns Plessy v. Ferguson. -
This event happened in an attempt to advance civil rights in a non-violent manner. A key member was, MLK. -
Governor Orval Faubus prevented 9 African American students
from entering the high school. President Eisenhower used the National Guard to protect the students' entry into the school. -
President Eisenhower established the Civil Rights Section of the
Justice Department and gave the power to federal prosecutors to obtain court injunctions against interference with the right to vote. -
4 African American students sat at a whites only lunch counter
and refused to leave after being denied service. This was a protest racial segregation. -
This was a Mexican-American civil rights movement. Artists began using housing projects, the walls of city buildings, schools, and churches to illustrate Mexican-American culture. -
Civil rights activists would ride interstate buses into the segregated
southern U.S. They challenged and protested local laws that disregarded integration. -
Cesar Chavez, a Latino American civil rights activists, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (later called the United Farm Workers Union) in 1962. -
Dr. King defended the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism. -
Dr. King called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the U.S. -
This Amendment prohibits the poll tax in elections. -
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. -
Political organization founded to challenge police brutality against
the African American community. -
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”.