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| 9376383425 | Plessy vs Ferguson | 1896 US Supreme Court said "Separate but Equal" is constitutional |  | 0 |
| 9376383426 | Civil Right's Act of 1957 | Civil Rights President Eisenhower attempted to increase African American voting in the south. It was so hard to register & vote that the act failed |  | 1 |
| 9376383438 | Voting Rights Act 1965 | LBJ signed this law which ended poll taxes and literacy tests in all states, helping everyone, especially African Americans, to be able to vote. |  | 2 |
| 9376383439 | Orval Faubus | 1955-1967 Governor of Arkansas, who stood against the Little Rock Nine and opposed desegregation. |  | 3 |
| 9376383440 | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) | formed by students whose purpose was coordinate a nonviolent attack on segregation and other forms of racism. Boycotts and sit-ins were performed. |  | 4 |
| 9376383441 | Cesar Chavez | Hispanic leader, that helped form the United Farm Workers Union and led migrant workers on a strike against the grape growers of California. |  | 5 |
| 9376383448 | freedom riders | Civil Rights Era integrated buses came from the north to the south to register African Americans to vote in 1961 |  | 6 |
| 9376383449 | Lester Maddox | Civil Rights Era 1966 - Governor of Georgia, he was a supporter of segregation He previously had used an ax against a black man trying to eat at his "whites only" restaurant. |  | 7 |
| 9376383450 | Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Civil Rights Era Lyndon B Johnson signed this in to law. It banned segregation based on color, religion, race, and ethnic origin, in all public places. |  | 8 |
| 9376383451 | Thurgood Marshall | Civil Rights Era American civil rights lawyer. He was the NAACP attorney on Brown vs Board of Education. First African American Supreme Court Justice of the United States. |  | 9 |
| 9376383452 | Dolores Huerta | Civil Rights Era In 1970 created the United Farm Workers Association to protect the rights of migrant workers along with Cesar Chavez. |  | 10 |
| 9376383474 | Billy Graham | Civil Rights Era Supporter of civil rights, a Christian preacher. A spiritual advisor to some presidents and friend of MLK. |  | 11 |
| 9376383475 | Black Panthers | Civil Rights Era Founded in 1966 in Oakland, California the party's original purpose was to patrol African American neighborhoods to protect residents from acts of police brutality. |  | 12 |
| 9376383476 | Hector P. Garcia | Civil Rights Era World War 2 veteran. Fought for Mexican rights. Was the first Mexican American to serve on the US commission on Civil Rights. |  | 13 |
| 9376383479 | Jackie Robinson | Civil Rights Era 1947 - the first African American to break the color barrier in Major League Baseball. |  | 14 |
| 9376383497 | George Wallace | Governor of Alabama. He was a segregationist. He tried to prevent black students from entering the University of Alabama |  | 15 |
| 9376383703 | United Farm Workers | Civil Rights Era started by Chicano migrant farm workers because they wanted better wages ($$) & to improve or better their work conditions Led by Cesar Chavez |  | 16 |
| 9376383705 | Little Rock Nine | Civil Rights Era 9 African American children wanted to enroll at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas They were initially prevented from doing so by angry, white mobs and the Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus |  | 17 |
| 9728498607 | Civil Rights Movement | The movement in the 1950s and 1960s, by minorities and concerned whites, to end racial segregation. |  | 18 |
| 9728542814 | Martin Luther King, Jr. | Baptist preacher and civil rights leader who advocated nonviolent protest against segregation Assassinated in 1968 |  | 19 |
| 9728553070 | Rosa Parks | NAACP secretary who prompted the Montgomery Bus Boycott by refusing to give up her seat in 1955 |  | 20 |
| 9728559897 | Letter from a Birmingham Jail | MLK wrote a letter while in jail, "it is your job to disobey unjust laws", 1963, responding to clergy criticisms of protests |  | 21 |
| 9728585392 | Malcolm X | A one-time Nation of Islam leader, and advocate for African American civil rights. African American Muslim minister and human rights activist. He believed in black power and equal rights, but thought violence was necessary |  | 22 |
| 9728623187 | 16th Street Baptist Church | Church that was bombed by the KKK two weeks after the March on Washington, killing 4 teenage girls |  | 23 |
| 9728695833 | Affirmative Action | Special consideration is given to minorities for jobs and college entrance. Women were eventually added to this. |  | 24 |
| 9728716431 | Montgomery Bus Boycott | a 1955 boycott that resulted in the integration of Montgomery, Alabama's bus system. It began when Rosa Parks refused to move for a white man. |  | 25 |
| 9728733873 | March on Washington | Civil rights demonstration in Washington, D.C., led by Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1963, where he gave his "I Have a Dream" speech |  | 26 |
| 9728749728 | Black Power Movement | movement of the 1960s and 1970s that emphasized black racial pride and autonomy |  | 27 |
| 9728759977 | CORE | Congress of Racial Equality, and organization founded in 1942 that worked for black civil rights |  | 28 |
| 9729629020 | Jim Crow Laws | Laws that separated people of different races in public places in the south after the end of slavery. |  | 29 |
| 9729643719 | Brown vs Board of Education | the 1954 Supreme Court ruling declaring that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional |  | 30 |
| 9729650822 | Sweatt vs Painter | separate black law school at University of Texas was inherently unequal |  | 31 |
| 9729660897 | Sit-In Movement | Sit-ins started in Greensboro, North Carolina to peacefully protest segregation in restaurants, etc. |  | 32 |
| 9729669199 | civil disobedience | A nonviolent, public refusal to obey allegedly unjust laws. |  | 33 |
| 9729690146 | SCLC | Southern Christian Leadership Conference Churches link together to inform blacks about changes in the Civil Rights Movement, led by MLK Jr., |  | 34 |
| 9729697807 | 24th Amendment | The constitutional amendment passed in 1964 that declared poll taxes void. |  | 35 |
| 9729727905 | Betty Friedan | American Feminist, writer of The Feminine Mystique, cofounded NOW (National Organization for Women) |  | 36 |
| 9729739218 | Feminist Movement | the movement aimed at equal rights for women the movement aimed at equal rights for women |  | 37 |
| 9729753421 | Title IX | A law that bans gender discrimination in schools that receive federal funds | 38 | |
| 9729759026 | Chicano Mural Movement | What artistic movement spread an appreciation for Mexican-American culture? |  | 39 |
| 9729780681 | American Indian Movement (AIM) | a civil rights group organized to promote the interests of Native Americans |  | 40 |
| 9729786458 | Mendez v Westminster | segregation of Mexican students violated equal protection clause of 14th amendment |  | 41 |
| 9729791670 | Hernandez vs Texas | exclusion of jurors based on race violates the 14th amendment |  | 42 |
| 9729855114 | Delgado vs Bastrop ISD | Made the segregation of Mexican American children in Texas illegal |  | 43 |
| 9729863230 | Edgewood ISD vs Kirby | Forced Texas to better fund schools in poor areas |  | 44 |
| 9729872863 | Roe vs. Wade | Supreme Court declared abortion to be a private decision, Right to Abortion |  | 45 |
| 9729884421 | NOW | National Organization for Women A leading feminist organization. | | 46 |
| 9729911759 | Women's Liberation Movement | A campaign begun in the 1960s aimed at attaining equal rights for women |  | 47 |
| 9729922046 | Equal Pay Act | 1963 law that required both men and women to receive equal pay for equal work |  | 48 |
| 9731400058 | White vs Regester | Boundaries for Texas legislature cannot discriminate by setting up multi-member districts (1973) | 49 |
