Emilee Flashcards
John K. Kennedy
Won the election of 1960 he became the youngest person ever elected president of the United States.
Freedom Rides
To accomplish this CORE organization a series of protesters called the Freedom rides in witch black and white bus riders traveled togather to segregate bus stations in the south.
March on Washington
A massive demonstration for civil rights.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Was quickly sworn in as president.
Voting rights act 1965
Which Johnson signed into law in August. This law gave the federal government new powers to protect African Americans voting rights.
Civil rights act of 1964
The act banned segregation in public places. It also outlawed discrimination in the workplace on the basis of color,gender,religion, or national origin.
Great Society
His program of domestic reforms that he called the Great Society.
Black power
Movement which called for African American independence.
Malcolm X
Helped inspire the black power movement.
Thurgood Marshall
Who went on to become Supreme Court Justice and jack.
Brown v. Board of education
In the early 1950s five school segregation cases from Delaware,Kansas, South California,Virginia, and Washington,D.C.,came together under the title of Brown V. Board of education.
Little Rock line
It allowed nine outstanding black students to attend Central High School. These students become known as the Little Rock line.
Rosa Parks
Boared a bus and sat in the front row of the section.
Montgomery bus boycott
In the Montgomery bus boycott thousand of African American stopped riding the busses.
Martin Lurther King
A young Baptist Minister.
