Civil Rights

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100

Martin Luther King

black minister, Montgomery Improvement Association, I have a dream speech, nonviolent, March On Washington, Letter from Birmingham jail, Assassinated April 4, 1968

200

Earl Warren

Supreme Court Justice, Brown v Board of Education, "Warren Court", under his leadership the court ruled on a lot of civil rights issues like police reform and interracial marriage

300

Bobby Seale and Huey Newton

formed Black Panther Party, believed in social welfare programs, fought policy brutality, 

400

Emmett Till

14 yr old African American boy who was murdered in Mississippi in 1955 for "flirting" with a white woman, lynched

500

Brown vs. Board of Education

Kansas dad (Brown) sue to letter daughter go to white school, Thurgood Marshall worked on case for Brown, Supreme Court on May 1954 ruled segregation in school was illegal, segregated schools were unequal and violated 14th amendment

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100

Malcolm X

didn't believe in integration, previous leader of Nation of Islam, believed black people should fight back, assassinated by Nation of Islam on February 21, 1965

200

Fannie Lou Hamer

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, gave speech to committee about voting rights for black people

300

Dwight Eisenhower

ordered troops to guard Little Rock Nine, Civil Rights Act of 1957 to protect voter rights

400

Thurgood Marshall

first african American supreme court judge, attorney on Brown v Board of Education, NAACP

500

Black Panther Party

Formed by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, believed in social welfare, fought police brutality, Freedom and equal rights for black people

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100

Rosa Parks

1955 refused to give up seat to white man on bus, was arrested, triggered Montgomery Bus Boycott

200

Lyndon Johnson

President, signed Civil Rights Act of 1964 (employment discrimination), Voting Rights Act of 1965 (equal voting, no literacy tests etc), Fair Housing Act of 1968 (equal housing opportunity)

300

Orval Faubus

Arkansas Governor who sent national guard to stop Little Rock Nine from going to school, didn't want integration of schools

400

James Farmer

cofounder of Congress of racial equality, nonviolent fight for integration, initiated Freedom Rides

500

nonviolence

peaceful protests, sit ins, marches, Martin Luther King Jr.

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100

A. Philip Randolph

black civil rights activist, first black union, March On Washington, helped convince FDR and Truman to pass orders to integrate defense industry and military

200

Medgar Evers

NAACP leader, investigated Emmett Till murder, helped integrate Ole Miss college, assassinated June 11, 1963, murderer wasn't convinced until 1994

300

Bull Connor

commissioner, racist, ordered police dogs and fire hoses be used on protesters, against children participating in marches (children's crusade)

400

John Lewis

Freedom Rider, March On Washington, Bloody Sunday, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

500

disenfranchisement

laws that were used to keep black people from voting (poll taxes, literacy tests)

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100

Jackie Robinson

first African American baseball player in MLB, Brooklyn Dodgers

200

James Meredith

civil rights activist, first african American to attend university of Mississippi, March Against Fear in 1966 to encourage voter registration, shot but not killed

300

Harry Truman

1948 order to integrate military

400

Melba Patillo

one of the Little Rock Nine, beaten and had acid thrown in her face

500

Jimmie Lee Jackson

shot by police office while protecting his mother, protests and Selma march over his death