Civil Rights Movement
She integrated a New Orleans school at the age of 6.
Ruby Bridges
Group defied segregation codes in the Deep South
Freedom Riders
Brown vs. the Board of Education
Gave women abortion rights
Roe vs. Wade
Fought for farm laborers in the West
Cesar Chavez
Twelve students integrated this school in Northeast TN
Clinton High School
Leading activist during the 1960s
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Can investigate violations of Civil Rights
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Made it illegal to deny a woman credit
Equal Credit Opportunity Act
Won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002
President Jimmy Carter
Nine students integrated this school in Little Rock, AR
Central High School
Leading Minister of the Nation of Islam
Malcolm X
Segregated buses are unconstitutional.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Guarantee gender equality
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
Pardoned Nixon and created WIN
President Gerald Ford
Children integrated elementary schools
Memphis 13
The Black Panthers
Banned segregation in public accommodations
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Prohibited job discrimination
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Democratic Party headquarters wire-tapped
Watergate Scandal
Held workshops to address desegregation
Highlander Folk School
First Black Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall
Gave minorities the right to vote
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Banned discrimination in education
Title IX of the Higher Education Act
Ended Vietnam War and only president to resign
President Richard Nixon