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1954 case in which the Supreme Court ruled that “separate but
equal” education for black and white students was unconstitutional.
Brown v. Board of Education
African-American students who volunteered to integrate Central
High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Little Rock Nine
Act that prohibited discrimination because of
race, religion, national origin, and gender.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Incorporation as equals into society or an organization of individuals of
different groups (or races)
Integration
Pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church and leader of the
non-violent Civil Rights Movement
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Air Force veteran who won the right to enroll in the all-white University of Mississippi
James Meredith
Civil rights activists who rode buses through the South in the early
1960’s to challenge segregation.
Freedom Riders
Coined the phrase “black power” and urged African Americans to define their own goals
and lead their own organizations
Stokely Carmichael
Act that eliminated the so-called literacy tests that had disqualified
many voters.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Urged African-American leaders to take
complete control of their communities,
livelihoods, and culture.
Malcolm X
A movement made up of mostly white, middle class college youths who were disillusioned with the
war in Vietnam and racial injustices in the 1960’s.
Hippies/Counterculture