People
From Texas, became president in 1952
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Civil Rights Lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Thurgood Marshall
Focuses on empowering Hispanic Americans and building strong Latino communities
League of Latin American Citizens, or LULAC
Prohibited states from imposing qualifications or practices to deny the right to vote on account of race
Voting Rights Act of 1965
located under the ocean, offshore, and only visible when the tide is low
Tidelands
Established the GI Forum to help Mexican American veterans
Hector P. Garcia
First Mexican American to be electd to the Texas Senate and to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Henry B. Gonzalez
To achieve full equality for all women in all aspects of society
National Organization of Women
Declared state-sponsored segregation in public schools unconstitutional
Brown Vs Board of Education
collective attempt by a group of peole to change government policy or social values
movement
Laredo native and artist who used vibratn colors to pay tribute to native American culture
Amado Pena, Jr.
Civil Rights activist and Houston NAACP President who worked to eliminate segregation in public schools, to educate Blacks on their voting rights and encourage equality in the workplace.
Lulu Belle Madison White
U.S. Government agency that is responsible for science and technology related to air and space
NASA
Found a South Texas school district guilty of discrimination against Mexican-American students
Hernandez Vs. Driscoll ISD
a political theory leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs
communism
Houston native, the first African American woman elected to the Texas senate and first on from the south to serve in U.S. Congress
Barbara Jordan
Advocated for racial equality at the march on Washington.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Satellite launched by the Soviet Union
Sputnik
Mandated equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the U.S. armed forces
Executive Order 9981
existing or occurring inside a particular country
domestic
35th president of the United States. Assassinated.
President J.F. Kennedy
A flight crew member of Apollo 7, NASA's first Apollo mission to carry a crew into space
Walter Cunningham
A competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons
Arms Race
Outlawed segregation in public places and banned discriminatory practices in empolyment, education and federally funded programs
Civil Rights Act of 1964
a minor change or addition designed to improve a text
Amendment