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4. He was assassinated on April 4, 1968 as a result of his fight for equal rights.

5. Martin Luther King, Jr.

6. He championed for better treatment of migrant farm works and was a big part of the United Farm Workers Union.

7. Cesar Chavez

8. NAACP attorney who championed the Brown v. Board of Education case.

9. Thurgood Marshall

10. Wrote: The Feminine Mystique and co-founded NOW

11. Betty Friedan

12. Alabama Governor who was Pro-Segregation in the 1960s.

13. George Wallace

14. Ratified in 1920, This Amendment made women equal at the polls.

15. 19th Amendment

16. Ratified in 1868, protected citizens from state over-reach and guaranteed “Due Process”.

17. 14th Amendment

18. Ratified in 1870, allowed blacks to vote.

19. 15th Amendment

20. Ratified in 1964, banned Poll or any other type of tax required to vote.

21. 24th Amendment

22. Ratified in 1971, lowered voting age to 18.

23. 26th Amendment

24. This organization helped win the Brown v
This organization helped win the Brown v. Board of Education, Integration of the Armed Forces, lobbied for the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1964, and 1968, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

25. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - NAACP

26. This group was involved in numerous non-violent protests such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Desegregation, and voting rights. In 1957 they opened participants from all race, religion, and background

27. Southern Christian Leadership Conference - SCLC

28. This group fought for Native American rights and their actions were seen as ‘militant’ to some.

29. American Indian Movement - AIM

30. This group gained momentum during the ‘hippy’ movement, lobbied against sexism, especially in the workplace, and pushed the EEOC to enforce anti-discrimination laws.

31. National Organization for Women - NOW

32. Chicano movement for ‘real’ political representation, created an Independent Party for the Chicano community.

33. La Raza Unida – Mexican-Americans United

34. This legislation established the Civil Rights Commission, Civil Rights Division of the justice system, and allowed federal courts to register black voters.

35. Civil Rights Act of 1957

36. This Act prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion, or ethnic origins and created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

37. Civil Rights Act of 1964

38. Even though the 24th Amendment banned poll taxes and other taxes to vote, this Act was created to address continued discrimination against black voters.

39. Voting Rights Act of 1965

40. This Executive Order required the recruitment of minorities for employment.

41. Affirmative Action

42. This part of the Educational Amendments Act of 1972 banned sex discrimination in educational institutions

43. Title IX

44. This landmark Supreme Court case overturned the previous ruling of Plessy v. Ferguson ending legal segregation.

45. Brown v. Board of Education

46. This decision agreed there was a violation of the Texas Constitution that the uneven distribution of education funding did not provide a fair and equal education to low-income communities.

47. Edgewood ISD v. Kirby

48. This decision agreed that University of Texas Law School discriminated by denying admission solely on race.

49. Sweatt v. Painter

50. This decision agreed that the plaintiff’s 14th Amendment right for “Due Process” was denied by not having a jury of his peers.

51. Hernandez v. Texas

52. This landmark Supreme Court case supported Jim Crow laws by legalizing segregation on the basis of “separate – equal”.

53. Plessy v. Ferguson

54. This is the practice where interest groups try to persuade or influence government legislators to pass (or not pass) certain laws.

55. Lobbying

56. This Civil Rights group was instrumental in desegregating California public schools with the victory in the Mendez v. Westminster Supreme Court case.

57. League of Latin American Citizens - LULAC

58. This Arkansas Governor ignored federal orders to stop segregation in schools by denying the Little Rock 9 access to white schools.

59. Orval Faubus

60. This Civil Rights activist pushed for farmworker’s rights and was co-founder of the United Farm Workers Union - UFW

61. Dolores Huerta

62. This African-American Civil Rights group followed Malcolm X’s philosophy of protest and became very ‘militant’.

63. Black Panthers

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65. Johnson’s legislation efforts for social reform which included; Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Affirmative Action, War on Poverty, Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, Job Corps, Medicare Act of 1965, and Aid to Cities.

66. The Great Society