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Brown V. Board of Education
This court case proved that "separate but equal" was unconstitutional, further pushing the fight for true equality between African Americans and whites. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
A bus boycott over segregation on public transport in Montgomery, Alabama. This boycott is considered civil disobedience, where boycotting took place. This was a major boycott during the civil rights movement, with it promoting the desegregation of public transport, and a revolt over Rosa Parks getting arrested. -
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Second Wave Feminism Movement
This wave of movements mainly focused on equality and discrimination. This movement started in the United States but moved to other parts of Western countries. The movement focused on equality and being treated the same and given the same opportunity as men. Many strikes and protests occurred during this time. -
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Albany Movement
The first movement in its era to desegregate a whole community, the result was over 1,000 African Americans arrested. The overall goal was for the city to be biracial and to desegregate all facilities participating in segregation. -
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Freedom Riders
In protest of the bus boycott, freedom riders were groups of African American and whites who used buses to drive around the country in protest, to give free rides to African Americans participating in the bus boycott. This impacted the government of Southern States since income from African Americans using public transport dropped since the most common use of transportation was via bus. -
Birmingham Campaign
A riot in Birmingham, with the origin of the riot coming from a protest, violence quickly ensued and the police used dogs, fire hoses, and bombings of African American leaders to dismantle and stop the riot in the town of Alabama. -
March on Washington
Largest gathering for the civil rights movement of its time, with the main goal of protesting for jobs and freedom. African Americans were not given the same opportunity and pay as white American citizens. The protest took place in Washington D.C., with people coming from all over the country to protest. This pressured the Kennedy administration to pass the Civil Rights bill in Congress. -
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Selma to Montgomery Marches
Three large protests were held on Highway mile-54, heading to the capital Montgomery Alabama. The main reason backing this protest was wanting the right for African Americans to vote, with it hard being the structure of the South following Jim Crow. -
Equal Employment Opportunity Commision
This commission added to the bill over Civil Rights, making discrimination during employment un legislation, and enforcing that these actions will be held by federal law. This supports the feminist movement in the fact that equal pay for women and making them be seen at the same level as men. -
Vietnam War Opposition
Anti-Vietnam War protestors rallied in Washington D.C. to protest and prevent the war. This was seen as the first national anti-war group in the U.S. A rally at the Lincoln Memorial with over 100,000 people attending the protest, many people marched to the pentagon facing the national guard. Very insignificant since the government didn't stop the war, other than making it known that people are opposed to war. -
Poor People's Campaign
A campaign was held in Washington D.C. where both African Americans and whites protested to have the government make a plan to redress employment and housing problems with the poor all throughout the U.S. Overall it was a failure with its wide and not focused participants, views, and ideas, it overall fell apart. -
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Occupation of Alcatraz Island
Native Americans protested by taking over the island stating it to be native land and not the property of the U.S. This was orchestrated by the Native American group called IAT, the protest lasted 18 months. -
Trail of Broken Treaties
Caravans of Native American activists traveled from the West Coast to Washington D.C. to address and fix the failed policies towards Native Americans after years of failed federal policies. -
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Roe V. Wade
A court case which's a final decision supported feminism by allowing women to have an abortion, giving them more power over themselves, though this case was overturned in 2022, with it being seen as inhumane to kill a baby in the womb. Though during the time that the case was put into place, it was a positive towards women. -
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Occupation of Wounded Knee
The town called Wounded Knee from South Dakota was seized by Native Americans and followers of the American Indian Movement, they held occupation for 71 days, and many branches of the military and marshals went to resolve the resistance. This highlighted the failure of the U.S. government to protect tribal land. This was known as the largest civil disorder in U.S. Marshal history.