Turning points
This 1955 event began when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, leading to a 381-day boycott.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
"This Nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds. It was founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened."
Excerpt from a Report to the American People on Civil Rights, 11 June 1963
This is the youngest president elected who supported desegregation and enforced integration at Southern colleges
What is JFK?
In 1960, this presidential election featured the first televised debate and helped increase attention on civil rights issues
Kennedy vs. Nixon
“We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.”
Brown v The board of education
This movements prominent figures were Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan
Second wave feminism/the women’s rights movement
This was the first black justice of the Supreme Court who is famous for brown v the board of education
Thurgood Marshall
This 1965 law banned literacy tests and authorized federal oversight of elections in states with histories of discrimination
Voting Rights Act of 1965
"This Civil Rights Act is a challenge to all of us... to eliminate the last vestiges of injustice in our beloved country"
Lyndon B. Johnson in his 1964 speech on Civil Rights
Musicians like Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix spoke out about this issue
Anti Vietnam war/Anti war
This president imposed a “great society” domestic agenda
This political event in 1968 in memphis and the riots that followed highlighted national frustration and helped push the government to address racial inequality more directly
MLK assassination
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail (1963)
While this movement was larger later on, protests and activism started snowballing into a bigger movement, later spurred on by the stonewall riots
LGPTQ rights
This presidential candidate is noted as a major turning point for black voters
Barry Goldwater
This 1961 executive action required federal contractors to take affirmative action against job discrimination
Executive Order 10925
"I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice, And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue"
Barry Goldwater
Founded in 1968, this activist group used protests and occupations to demand the enforcement of U.S. treaties and draw attention to police brutality and poverty in Indigenous communities
American Indian Movement
This person altered himself to look black and wrote a book about it
John Howard griffin