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Congress fo Racial Equality
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Jackie Robinson
The Brooklyn Dodgers was the first team to admit an African American to its roster. -
Termination
Congress adopted the termination policy, moving many Native Americans to cities and cutting off aid to reservations. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas found that seperate schools for African Americans and whites violated the Constitution's guarentee of equal protection of the law. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Also known as SCLC, formed with their leader being Martin Luther King Jr. This was the stepping stone that would lead Martin Luther King Jr. to all of his success. -
Civil Rights Act 1957
Allowed investigation of violent hate crimes, Juctice System to enfore civil rights laws, and prosecution of anyone who tried to stop someone from voting. -
Greensboro Protest
Four college students in Greensboro, North Carolina began a sit-in after being refused to be served for sitting at the white counter. They came back every day bringing more and more people until the lunch counter closed each night. Finally, all the seats were filled! This won important white support and began proving King's and Lawson's encouragement of Ghandi's teachings was true. This also sparked the start of sit-ins around the country, marking a shift in the Civil Rights Movement. -
Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders were black bus riders who used public white facilities at each bus stop. They suffered harrassment, beatings, injuries and more. They felt a need to continue doing this so the Federal Government would feel the need to step in and enfore the Supreme Court's ruling of facilities in bus stations open to ALL passengers. -
24th Amendment
Right for everyone to vote -
Executive Order 11063
Banned racial and religious discrimination in housing built or purchased with federal aid. -
The Feminine Mystique
Betty Friedman wrote about how many women felt trapped in their domestic lives rather than fulfilled by it. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Banned discrimination in public accomodations and employment; established the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission -
Voting Rights Act 1965
Banned devices used to exclude black voters, allowed federal workers to registrate voters and federal supervision of voter registration -
NOW
The National Organization for Women -
Fair Housing Act
Banned racial discrimination in the sale, rental, or financing of housing -
Occupation of Alcatraz
Occupation of Alcatraz began awakening the public to Native American's struggle for self-determination. -
Student Activism
Some 700 Mexican American high school students in Crystal City, TX, boycotted class. The strike began as a protest of the mainly Anglo cheerleading squad, but it grew bigger to include educational issues. The students' action forced the school to abandon its discrimination policies. -
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
Turned over 44 million acres of land to Alaskan Natives and provided $962.5 million to settle other land claims by Alaskan Natives. -
Indian Education Act
The Indian Educaiton Act established culturally appropiate educational programs for Native American students. -
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act
Allowed tribes to implement their own education, health, and housing programs with government funding. -
Indian Child Welfare Act
Set standards for adoptions of Native American children, giving preferance to relatives, members of the tribe, and Native American foster parents over white families.
