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Stokely Charmichael
HE was a great civil rights leader -
CORE
They began the movements for the early American Civil Rights Movement -
Brown vs Board of Education
Said it was not right to segergate the schools, this led to the integration of schools. -
Emmit Till
He was a 14 year old boy who was murdered for "flirting" with a white woman -
Bus Boycott
The blacks all refused to ride the bus after Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving her seat to a white person -
SCLC
They wanted to discuss the successes of the bus boycott and wated to think of more things to do -
SNCC
The movement of the college students who were involved in sit-ins -
affirmative action
permitted any dicrimination on employment based on race -
Letter from jail
MLK wrote the letter to describe his feelings and thoughts while sitting in jails -
I have a dream speech
Famous speech given by MLK that was one of the biggest impacts on the civil rights movement -
Church bombing
This was an act of white supremacy -
24th amendment
This removed any poll tx placed on federal elections -
Civil rights act
This outlawed any discrimination put on minority groups -
Bloody selma
A peaceful protest that turned badly when the protestors were savagly killed in the streets -
Malcom X killing
He was shot and killed after a grand speech -
voting rights act
outlawed discrimination on voting and any literacy test that were placed on voter -
Black Panthers
This was a self defense group that would use violence to gain their equality -
Civil rights act
ended discrimination among minorities -
MLK killed
He was shot and killed leaving a hotel
