Objective 11.02 Trace Major Events of the Civil Rights Movement and evaluate its Impact

Montgomery Bus Boycotts Was a political and social protest started in 1955 against the segregation policies on public buses in Montgomery Alabama

Rosa Parks Made famous for refusing to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery Ala. In 1955

Martin Luther King Jr. Leader of the Civil Rights Movement, Non-Violent Civil Resistance, assassinated in 1968 by James Earl Ray

Malcolm X Follower of Elijah Mohammad, militant leader of Civil Rights Movement, “By Any Means Necessary”, assassinated by Muslim followers in 1965

Black Panthers African American organization founded to promote Civil Rights and Self Defense by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in California

Black Power Movement Movement in the 1960’s and 1970’s that emphasized racial pride, political involvement, and unity

Stokley Carmichael Leader of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, later became dissatisfied with the movement and joined the Black Panthers

CORE Congress of Racial Equality- open to anyone that believes that all people are created equal and are willing to work toward that goal

SNCC Political organization of college students during the Civil Rights Movement, Freedom Rides, Freedom Summer, Sit-ins

March on Washington Political Rally in 1963 for Civil Rights, Martin Luther King delivered his “Dream” speech at the rally.

James Meredith In 1962 became the first black student at the University of Mississippi

Little Rock Nine Nine African American students that enrolled at Little Rock High School in 1957

George Wallace Four Term Governor of Alabama from 1962-1986, Ran for President 4 times, Stood against integrating the University of Alabama in 1963

Brown v. Board of Ed. Overturned the ruling in Plessey v. Ferguson, declared that separate was not equal.

Thurgood Marshall Lead Attorney for the NAACP in the Brown v. Board case, became the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court

Earl Warren Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during the Civil Rights Movement, Chief Justice during the Brown v. Board Case

24th Amendment Eliminated the Poll Tax and other discriminatory voting laws

Civil Rights Act of 1964 Outlawed segregation in schools and public places

Voting Rights Act of 1965 Outlawed literacy tests as a way to deny the right to vote