1. Civil Right and Civil Liberties (1954 - 1968)
Taylor, Sarah, Lisa & Sierra

2. Trials Brown Vs. Board of Education Part 1 & 2
Violated the 14 Amendment.
“Separate but equal”
“With all deliberate speed”

3. Bolling vs. Sharpe Bolling family wanted local school intergraded
Unconstitutional under the 14 Amendment

4. U.S. vs. Price
The murder of three civil rights workers in Mississippi.
Also know as the Mississippi Burning Trial.

5. Important People: Thurgood Marshall
First black person to be on Supreme Court.
Lawyer for Brown vs. Board of Education
Worked for the NAACP.

6. Ella Baker Was an activist for well over five decades
Mentored Rosa Parks

7. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference or the SCLC.
Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Lead the March on Washington

8. Cesar Chavez
Created the UFW
Wanted better wages and benefits

9. 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

10. Lyndon B. Johnson Enacted the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Created the 24th amendment which outlawed the Poll Tax

11. Betty Friedan
Created NOW
Wrote The Feminine Mystique

12. March on Washington Over 300,000 people marched
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “ I have a dream” speech

13. Peace Corps
Volunteers sent to help improve living conditions of other countries

14. BLACK PANTHERS Founding members Huey Newton and Bobby Seale
Often used violence

15. 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