#46 Ch.21.2 Notes The Triumphs of a Crusade OBJECTIVE: Learn about major achievements during the Civil Rights Era.

Key New People James Meredith- Air Force veteran that wanted to enroll in the all-White University of Mississippi 1962. Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett refused his entry. JFK ordered federal marshals to escort Meredith to the University.

Key New People Fannie Lou Hamer- American voting rights activist. Led Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Hoped to call attention to lack of voting rights in segregated areas and to promote the passage of a federal voting rights act.

Key Terms Freedom Riders- Members of Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and SNCC. Blacks and Whites rode buses through the South in the early 1960s to challenge interstate bus segregation.

Key Events Birmingham, Alabama April 1963, SCLC demonstrates to desegregates Birmingham. King arrested, writes “Letter from Birmingham Jail” TV news shows police attacking child marchers – fire hoses, dogs, clubs. Continued protests, economic boycott, bad press end segregation September 1963 – 4 Birmingham girls killed when bomb thrown into church.

Key Terms Freedom Summer- a 1964 project to register African-American voters in Mississippi and to promote the passage of a federal voting rights act. 3 volunteers killed in June 1964.

Key Terms Civil Rights Act of 1964- a law that banned discrimination on the basis of race, sex, national origin, or religion in public places and most workplaces.

Key Terms Voting Rights Act of 1965- a law that made it easier for African-Americans to register to vote by eliminating literacy tests and authorizing federal examiners to enroll voters denied at the local level.