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Chapter 18
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John F. Kennedy Elected president 1960
“New Frontier” – mind, will and spirit of man US prosperity not reaching poor First Catholic president, youngest elected Weakness in Southern support Supported Civil Rights movement Strong anti-communist
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CORE: Congress of Racial Equality dedicated to non-violent protest, strong effect on civil rights in years ahead Thurgood Marshall: Once denied admission to U of Maryland because of race, attacked “separate but equal”
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Little Rock Nine 9 African-American students assigned to Little Rock’s Central HS in Arkansas to integrate. Caused uproar and National Guard had to escort them to school
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
African-American riders of public bus system in Alabama 1955 led by Martin Luther King, Jr. after Rosa Parks was arrested
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SCLC: Southern Christian Leadership Conference organized protest activities across south. Open to all faiths and races Massive Resistance: policy declared by U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd, Sr. on February 24, 1956 to unite other white politicians and leaders in Virginia in a campaign of new state laws and policies to prevent public school desegregation after the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision in 1954. (questions)
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SNCC- Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee formed by sit-in leaders to conduct other non-violent protests
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Freedom Riders Members of CORE. Group on a bus through South each stop African-Americans would go into white-only waiting rooms and try to use facilities. May 16, 1961 volunteer bus swarmed in Alabama. Firebombed and beat riders. No police help
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Civil Rights Act of Kennedy ended segregation in public accommodations (hotel, restaurants, theaters) outlawed voting requirements, discrimination in employment George Wallace- Gov. of Alabama June 1963 physically blocked black students from enrolling in University of Alabama (questions)
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24th Amendment- August 1962, banned states from taxing citizens to vote for president and congressional seats (popular in South) Voter Education Project (VEP)- Registered Southern African-Americans to vote. Marchers for registration were attacked and faced strong opposition, routinely beaten and jailed. Success by 1964, VEP registered more than a ½ million
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Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
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