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Movement that achieved equality for African Americans
Civil Rights Movement
Protests in restaurants to get attention to the Civil Rights Movement
Sit-ins
Nine black students integrated the Little Rock Central High School
Little Rock Nine
Members of the KKK set off a bomb at the 16th Street Baptist Church in 1963 killing 4 African American girls
Birmingham Bombing
Black Teenager in Mississippi, who was murdered for "whistling" at a woman in a store
Protest in Washington, D.C., where MLK gave his "I Have a Dream Speech"
March on Washington
24th Amendment
Malcolm X
Started after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, eventually led to the integration of buses
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Great Society program that dealt with housing
Section 8
Great Society program that dealt with paying for college
Higher Education Act
Supreme Court
Court case that made schools integrate
Brown v. Board of Education
Great Society Program that gave students breakfast and lunch in school
Child Nutrition Act
Great Society program that gave healthcare to the elderly and low income families
Medicare and Medicaid
Created the interstate highway system
National Highway System
Great Society program that gave jobs to youth
VISTA
Group who advocated for African Americans and demanded the federal government rebuild their communities
Black Panthers
Made literacy tests illegal
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Alabama governor that ran for president with the slogan "Segregation Now, Segregation Forever".
George Wallace
Tested the ruling that buses were integrated, were attacked by a mob in Alabama
Freedom Riders
Great Society
Stopped segregation in public places, education, and employment
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Anyone born during the period of 1946-1964, largest generation in the United States
Baby Boomers
Allowed veterans to get loans to buy homes or continue education
GI Bill