Postwar Prosperity
These were the 3.5 to 4.2 million babies born in the 40s, 50s and 60s
Baby Boomers
The March on Washington, in 1963, was to pressure Congress to pass this president's Civil Rights Bill
John F. Kennedy
She refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, AL, in December, 1955
Rosa Parks
This organization was established in the first decade of the 20th century, and was once led by Thurgood Marshall
NAACP
He was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball
Jackie Robinson
This is what Eisenhower's Federal Highway Act created
Interstate Highway System
He was the president that signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law
Lyndon Johnson
Over 200,000 people were in attendance at his "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, D.C., August 28th, 1963
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Three of this militant group's members were convicted in the assassination of Malcolm X
Nation of Islam
This president signed Executive Order 9981, in 1948, that ordered the desegregation of the military
Truman
This gave returning veterans unemployment benefits, tuition assistance and low-rate mortgages
G.I. Bill
This division of the Justice Department was created by the Civil Rights Act of 1957
Civil Rights Division
He was the first African American Supreme Court Justice.
Thurgood Marshall
This militant group was formed by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton, in 1966
Black Panthers
The decision of this Supreme Court case was that segregated public education violated the Constitution
Brown v. Board of Education
There was little competition for these, after WWII, since most of Europe was destroyed
American farmers (producers)
This was an executive order signed by President Johnson that required employers to raise the number of their minority and women employees.
Affirmative Action
This leader became more willing to consider acceptance of whites after his pilgrimage to Mecca
Malcolm X
The civil rights group Students Non-Violent Coordinating Committee became more militant under his leadership
Stokely Carmichael
In the Supreme Court case Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, a white male applicant was suing this university
UC-Davis
America's percentage of the world's manufacturing output after World War II
50%
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 authorized the appointment of these.
Federal Examiners
This civil rights leader introduced the term "Black Power" at a rally
Stokely Carmichael
This group was founded by James Farmer, in 1942, and advocated for nonviolent protests
CORE
This is the term used to describe segregation in the North after World War II.
De facto