African American
These laws were made to segregate black people from white people, mainly in the south.
Jim Crow
This act banned Chinese people from immigrating to the United States
Chinese Exclusion Act
This term refers to a Mexican born in the United States
Chicano/Chicana
Main organization that led the Native American Movement
American Indian Movement
This was the first major women's rights convention
Seneca Falls Convention
This Civil Rights Activist advocated for Black Nationalism and Self-Determination.
Malcolm X
This protest demanded ethnic studies class be taught in colleges
Third World Liberation Strikes
This activist led the Mexican American Movement and aligned with MLK
Cesar Chavez
This activist influenced the Red Power Movement
Richard Oakes
This supreme court case legalized abortions nationwide
Roe v. Wade
This civil rights leader lead the African American movement.
Martin Luther King Jr.
This protest drew the attention of unethical urban renewal efforts and housing that directly affected Asian Americans
International Hotel Strikes
coined the phrase si, se puede and pushed for gender equality
Dolores Huerta
This Ojibwe Native American led multiple occupations, fought police brutality, and the Trail of Broken Treaties
Dennis Banks
Was the turning point of the Gay movement, protested police raids on Gay people
Stonewall Riots
This event ended racial segregation in schools
Brown v. Board of Education
This person created the term Asian American
Yuji Ichioka
Labor union that was created due to unfair labor practices and poor wages
United Farm Workers
The protest that federal land belonged to Native tribes, specifically this famous Californian prison island
Occupation of Alcatraz
First openly gay man elected to office, support gay rights, and gay teachers in public education
Harvey Milk
This event was a protest for voting rights in Selma, Alabama, this was met with police brutality which acclerated voting rights for African Americans
Bloody Sunday
This activist fought for Japanese American reparations due to the internment camps. They also furthered Black and Asian relations
Yuri Kochiyama
Students protesting unequal education opportunities in universities. (Classes and Buildings)
East Los Angeles Walkouts
Protest on fishing rights in the pacific northwest
Fish-ins
What amendment allowed women to vote
19th Amendment