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Two African Americans Activist Groups
Two prominent African American activist groups that were highly active during the Civil Rights Movement were the NAACP, which primarily focused on legal challenges through the court system, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference , led by Martin Luther King Jr., which utilized nonviolent direct action tactics like sit-ins and marches to achieve civil rights goals. Some strategies were nonviolent protest, boycott,public speaking to raise awareness. -
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Civil rights
They're guarantees of equal social opportunities and protection under the law, regardless of race, religion, or other characteristics. Examples are the rights to vote, to a fair trial, to government services, and to a public education. Some strategies they used were nonviolent resistance, marching, protesting . This caused the boycott to form later on -
Brown v. Board of education
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. This decision ended the “separate but equal” This decision also was a turning point in the civil rigths movement. It mandated the desegregation of schools across the U.S. and some strategies they used were to prevent the court from ordering the admission of a black student because tangible facilities were not equal -
Montgomery bus boycott
a civil rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating And regarded as the first large scale U.S. demonstration against segregation.some strategies they used a black leaders organized carpools, and the city's African American taxi drivers charged only 10 cents—the same price as bus fare—for African American riders. Many Black residents chose simply to walk to work or other destinations. -
Little Rock nine
nine ordinary teenagers walked out of their homes and stepped up to the front lines in the battle for civil rights for all Americans. The media coined the name “Little Rock Nine" to identify the first African American students to desegregate Little Rock Central High School. When Governor Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to keep the nine students from entering the school, President Eisenhower ordered Airborne Division to insure the safety of the "Little Rock Nine" -
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Students nonviolent coordinating committe
Members of SNCC rode buses through the South to uphold the Supreme Court ruling that interstate travel could not be segregated. The SNCC adopted a more confrontational strategy, engaging in direct action such as sit-ins and Freedom Rides. They believed that grassroots mobilization was key to achieving civil rights goals and often rallied college students to participate in protests and campaigns -
Freedom rides
a series of political protests against segregation by Blacks and whites who rode buses together through the American South in 1961. In 1946 the U.S. Supreme Court banned segregation in interstate bus travel. Freedom Rides of 1961 were designed to provoke arrests, though in this case to prompt the Justice Department to enforce already existing laws banning segregation in interstate travel and terminal accommodations -
The children crusade
The Children's Crusade, or Children's March, was a march by over 1,000 school students in Birmingham, Alabama, on May 2–10, 1963. Initiated and organized by Rev. James Bevel, the purpose of the march was to walk downtown to talk to the mayor about segregation in their city. James Bevel proposed using young children in demonstrations. Bevel's rationale for the Children's Crusade was that young people represented an untapped source of freedom fighters. -
March on Washington
It was the largest gathering for civil rights of its time. An estimated 250,000 people attended the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963, arriving in Washington, D.C. by planes, trains, cars, and buses from all over the country -
Maps
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Voting right act
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting.