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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

18. 24th Amendment
Eliminated the Poll Tax and other discriminatory voting laws

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

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