Key People
Rosa Parks
She said "NO"--led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott
AIM
American Indian Movement, demanded more sovereignty and to undo issues associated with assimilation
Civil War Amendments
13:FREE
14:MEN
15:VOTE
Indian Citizenship Act
1924, Granted citizenship to all Native Americans born in the U.S.
Sweatt v. Painter
UT Law, must integrate
Martin Luther King, Jr./SNCC
non-violence, influential leader, "I Have a Dream" speech
George Wallace
stood in front of Univ. of Alabama to stop integration. "Segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever"
19th Amendment
Women's right to vote
Title IX
Prohibits federally funded schools from discriminating against women in nearly all aspects of school
Brown v. Board of Edu
overturned Plessy v. Ferguson, must integrate the schools
Malcolm X
militant, more violence
Black Panthers
Organization of militant African Americans founded in 1966, goal: to stop police brutality
24th Amendment
No poll tax
Plessy v. Ferguson
permitted laws segregating African Americans as long as equal facilities were provided
Non-violent Protests
Sit-in at Greensboro, NC, Freedom Riders, and Selma March
LBJ/Great Society
The president’s goals in the areas of health care, education, the environment, discrimination, and poverty
NOW
women's liberation, demanded for more social equality: Equal Rights, Equal Pay, etc.
Executive Order 9981
Abolished discrimination “on the basis of race, color, religion, or national origin” in the U.S. Armed forces
Wisconsin v. Yoder
religious freedom
Little Rock, Arkansas
Little Rock Nine, attempted to integrate Central High School
Cesar Chavez
United Farm Workers, pushed for more rights for migrant farm works, boycott grapes from California
Goal of the Civil Rights Movement
racial equality, remove discrimination, and expansion of political and social opportunity
Voting Rights Act 1965
Outlawed the discriminatory voting practices, including literacy tests, as a prerequisite for voting
Dred Scott v. Sanford
African Americans were not seen as U.S. citizens, so could not argue in the Supreme Court
Wounded Knee
occupied by Native Americans to bring attention to demands of the AIM movement