Civil Right and Civil Liberties (1954 - 1968) Taylor, Sarah, Lisa & Sierra
Trials Brown Vs. Board of Education Part 1 & 2 Violated the 14 Amendment. “Separate but equal” “With all deliberate speed”
Bolling vs. Sharpe Bolling family wanted local school intergraded Unconstitutional under the 14 Amendment
U.S. vs. Price The murder of three civil rights workers in Mississippi. Also know as the Mississippi Burning Trial.
Important People: Thurgood Marshall First black person to be on Supreme Court. Lawyer for Brown vs. Board of Education Worked for the NAACP.
Ella Baker Was an activist for well over five decades Mentored Rosa Parks
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference or the SCLC. Nobel Peace Prize Winner Lead the March on Washington
Cesar Chavez Created the UFW Wanted better wages and benefits
George Wallace and Eugene “Bull” Connor Connor used fire hoses on peaceful protesters and had police dogs attack the students. Wallace refused to let black students go to University of Alabama
Lyndon B. Johnson Enacted the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Voting Rights Act of 1965 Created the 24th amendment which outlawed the Poll Tax
Betty Friedan Created NOW Wrote The Feminine Mystique
March on Washington Over 300,000 people marched Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “ I have a dream” speech
Peace Corps Volunteers sent to help improve living conditions of other countries
BLACK PANTHERS Founding members Huey Newton and Bobby Seale Often used violence
Things you need to know Freedom Summer- Tried to get blacks to vote but led to Mississippi Burning Black Power- Racial pride and promoted black ideas and values Montgomery Bus Boycott- Sparked by Rosa Parks, introduced Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Rides- Blacks would sit in white only seats