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NAT'L ASSOC. FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE
Organization for abolishing and outlawing racial discrimination and segregation. -
UNIVERSAL NEGRO IMPROVEMENT ASSOC. (UNIA)
A fraternal organization that went against harsh treatment of negroes and make an independent black nation in Africa with a motto "One God! One Aim! One Destiny!" -
EXECUTIVE ORDER OF 8802 (FDR)
An executive order made by Franklin D. Roosevelt to help abolish segregation in the U.S workforce. -
CONGRESS OF RACIAL EQUALITY (CORE)
An organization to help race relations and end discrimination policies by direct-action projects. -
EXECUTIVE ORDER OF 9981 (HST)
An executive order by Harry S. Truman to desegregate the military, letting blacks be soldiers. -
BROWN VS. BOE TOPEKA, KA
A case fighting against segregation in public schools. -
MURDER OF EMMETT TILL
The murder of African American Emmett Till for accused offending a white woman became the Civil Rights' icon. -
SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP COUNCIL/JAMES LAWSON
An organization of a way to aid in the cause of the Civil Rights Movement in a passive way after James Lawson got kicked out of school for lunch counter sit-ins. -
LITTLE ROCK CENTRAL H.S. AR
Little Rock 9 were a group of black kids who entered an all-white school to promote racial equality in schools. -
GREENSBORO 4/GREENSBORO SIT-IN
A group of black kids who sat at a white-only lunch counter at a diner with the police not doing anything to stop them. -
KENNEDY-NIXON DEBATES
The 1st televised presidential debates to be aired on television, with the candidates not looking so well, but John F. Kennedy won. -
FREEDOM RIDERS ATTACK IN ANNISTON, AL
An attack on a Greyhound bus carrying racially united Freedom Riders in Anniston, Alabama to desegregate interstate buses. -
BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN'S CRUSADE
A failed protest march created by thousands of kids left school to stop the city's segregation laws that went through police dogs, fire hoses, and arrests. -
I HAVE A DREAM/MLK SPEECH
A speech made by Martin Luther King Jr. to call for the end of racism by saying that all men are created equal. -
ASSASSINATION OF JFK
The assassination of President John F. Kennedy during a motorcade in a campaign visit. -
CHANEY, GOODMAN, & SCHWERNER MURDERS IN MS
The abduction and murder of 3 civil rights workers in segregated Mississippi to stop racism by the K.K.K. -
SELMA VOTING RIGHTS MARCH
A non-violent march from Selma to Montgomery to let African Americans have the right to vote. -
WATTS RIOTS
A riot that occurred when a black motorist was arrested by a white cop for suspected DWI. -
BLACK PANTHER/HUEY NEWTON
A revolutionary political organization for full employment, good housing and education, no police brutality, and blacks to be free from the military. -
ASSASSINATION OF MLK
Martin Luther King Jr., leader of the Civil Rights Movement was assassinated, angering blacks and followed up a period of national mourning. -
ASSASSINATION OF RFK
The assassination of John F. Kennedy's brother, Robert F. Kennedy, U.S attorney general and senator, shot several times by Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan. -
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER
A non-profit organization that focuses on bringing justice to hate groups like the K.K.K. by filling civil suits to end racism.
