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Brown v. Board of Education (AA)
of Topeka was a landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation -
Montgomery Bus Boycott (AA)
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses -
Civil Rights Act of 1957(All)
The new act established the Civil Rights Section of the Justice Department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain court injunctions against interference with the right to vote. -
Little Rock 9(AA)
group of nine Black students who enrolled at formerly all-white Central High School -
Chicano Movement (Mural Movement)(MA)
The Chicano mural movement began in the 1960s in Mexican-American barrios throughout the Southwest -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) formed(AA)
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee -
Greensboro, NC Sit-ins(AA)
The Greensboro sit-in was a civil rights protest that started in 1960 -
Freedom Riders(ALL)
groups of white and African American civil rights activists who participated in Freedom Rides, bus trips through the American South in 1961 to protest segregated bus terminals. -
Cesar Chavez(ALL)
Cesar Chavez was an American labor leader and civil rights activist -
March on Washington: “I have a dream” speech(ALL)
A call for equality and freedom, it became one of the defining moments of the civil rights movement and one of the most iconic speeches in American history. -
Dr. King’s: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail(ALL)
While imprisoned, King penned an open letter now known as his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail -
Civil Rights Act of 1964(ALL)
prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, gender or national origin -
24th Amendment(ALL)
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965(ALL)
outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting. -
March from Selma, Alabama(AA)
The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery -
African Americans/ Black Panther (African Americans)(AA)
This group was one of the many groups fighting discrimination in a more aggressive way -
Thurgood Marshall appointed to the Supreme Court(ALL)
The Senate confirmed Thurgood Marshall as the first African-American to serve as a Supreme Court Justice. -
MLK assassinated
He was assassinated by james Earl Ray -
American Indian Movement (AIM)group Native Americans(NA)
Out of that ferment and determination, the American Indian Movement was born -
Sonia Sotomayor appointed to the Supreme Court(AA)
The first black president