Vocabulary Flashcards
To accomplish this, Core organized a series of protests called the Freedom Rides, in which black and white bus
Freedom rides
March on Washington a massive demonstration for civil rights.
March on Washington
Civil Rights Act of 1964 the act banned segregation in public places it also outlawed discrimination
Civil rights Act
Voting Rights Act of 1965 witch Johnson signed into law in August. This law gave the federal government new powers.
Voting rights
Black power movement which called for African American independence.
Black power
His program of domestic reforms that he called the Great Society
Great society
won the election of 1960, he became the youngest person ever for the United States of America.
John F. Kennedy
won the election of 1960, he became the youngest person ever for the United States of America.
Lyndon B. Johnson
helped inspire the black power movement he is a leader of the Nation of Islam
Malcom X
