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Brown v. Board of Education NAACP
This case started because public schools across the country were segregated. This case was made up of many smaller cases all arguing for the same thing. The court ruled that separate but equal facilities are simply not equal (this overturns Plessy v. Furgusson) causing public federally funded schools to SLOWLY integrate.
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Montgomery Bus Boycott (African Americans)
This boycott was sparked when people learned about the arrest of Rosa Parks. For over a year people of color stayed off public transport causing the city/ state/ country to lose money because no one was using it. A year after it started the supreme court ruled that segregation on buses was unconstitutional.
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Montgomery Bus Boycott (African Americans)
This boycott was sparked when people learned about the arrest of Rosa Parks. For over a year people of color stayed off public transport causing the city/ state/ country to lose money because no one was using it. A year after it started the supreme court ruled that segregation on buses was unconstitutional.
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed
Founded by Dr. King, Bayard Rustin, Ralph Abernathy, Fred Shuttleworth and many other important civil rights leaders, the SCLC used civil disobedience to end segregation and fight for civil rights. They had some of the biggest shows of civil disobedience.
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Little Rock 9 (Black)
After the law mandated schools to integrate nine african american teens tried to go into Little Rock High School. The governor orval e. faubus ordered the national guard to surround the school and not to let the nine teens in. When Pres Eisenhower learned of this he commanded the federal troops to escort the nine into school everyday and to keep them safe.
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Chicano Movement mural movement (mexican)
Mexican american civil rights movement. Artist began using the walls of city buildings, housing projects,schools, and churches to depict Mexican- -
Freedom Riders (white and African)
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Cesar Chavez (mexican)
co founded the national farm workers association ( later called the united farm workers union). Was a latino american civil rights activist. -
Dr.King Letter from a Birmingham jail ( American Friends Service Committee)
he defends the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism -
March on Washington ¨ i have a dream speech¨ (Black Americans)
he called for civil and economic rights and end to racism in the U.S -
24th amendment (African Americans and poor white voters)
prohibits the poll tax in elections -
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (blacks, women,)
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. -
March from selma, alabama (African Americans)
MLK led thousands of nonviolent demonstrators to montgomery alabama where local african americans had been campaigning for voting rights -
Voting Rights Act of 1965 (african americans)
LBJ outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the civil war -
Black Panthers (african americans)
political organization founded to challenge police brutality against the african american community -
Thurgood Marshall appointed to the supreme court (white)
lawyer for the NAACP that argued for brown vs board of ed. -
American Indian Movement (AIM) militant American Indian civil rights organization)
It began when 200 native americans came together to speak about the injustices done by society and the government including, racist actions, mass unemployment, poor housing, and reclaiming native lands. They opened the K-12 Heart of the Earth Survival School and marched on Washington. The CIA and FBI tried to squash the movement and started a siege that hurt and killed many, this only brought more attention to the movement. https://libguides.mnhs.org/aim -
MLK assassinated (african american)
Martin luther King jr was killed in memphis tennessee, his assassination prompted many violent riots due to the fact Dr. MLK never raised a hand toward anyone but was murdered violently. -
Sandra Day O’Connor appointed to the Supreme Court (white)
first woman appointed to the supreme court Important cases: Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan(gender roles),Roe v. Wade(abortion rights), Planned Parenthood v. Casey(abortion rights),
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Sonia Sotomayor appointed to the Supreme Court (african american)
She is the third woman to be on the supreme court but she is the first hispanic woman to hold that position. Important Cases: Obergefell v. Hodges (legalized queer marriage)
https://www.oyez.org/justices/sonia_sotomayor