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NAACP
It was founded in 1909. The National Association for Advancement of Color People or NAACP, was one of the earliest and the most influential civil right organization in the United States. Other civil rights groups attracted more members in the south during in the 1960's, many using direct mass action instead of legal strategies pioneered in NAACP -
Betty Friedan
Betty Friedan is American Journalist, Activist, and Feminist. During in the 1960, She wrote a book called The Feminine Mystique. She was the president of the National Organization of Women or (NOW). -
Stokely Carmichael
He's a prominent figure who is in the Civil Right Movement and the global Pan-American movement. When he's a kid, he become a activist while he's at Howard University. He was the first leader of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. -
SCLC
South Christian Leadership Conference is a type of organization for African Americans. Martin Luther King Jr. was the first president of the organization. Their job is to help the African Americans to show how they are equally as the other races. -
Music
In the beginning of 1960, rock and roll and pop have been change since in the late 50's. There's all kind of rock and roll music like pop rock, beat, blue rock, and folk rock. Baroque pop, Sunshine pop, Bubblegum pop, and Progressive rock are the popular song since the 60's. -
Sit in Movement
The Sit in Movement is nonviolent movement for civil right. It took place in Greensboro, North Carolina. A Sit in is an act of civil disobedience, and a tactic to sympathized for who have demonstrate. -
Freedom Riders
They are civil rights activists who rode an interstate bus to south of the U.S in 1961. The Southern states are the only ones who didn't followed the rules since of the court ruling of Morgan v. Virginia and Boynton v. Virginia. -
Union Farm Workers
Union Farm Workers is types of organization for labor farmworkers in the United States. There are two type organization ,Agricultural Workers Organization Committee and National Famers Worker Association. -
Violence in Birmingham
During in the early 1960's, Birmingham is one of the cities that have divided between blacks and whites. Blacks has to face the violent of their economics to attempt drawn away of their problems. The protesters begin with a boycott. It can them to stop with segregation and let all races to work together freely. -
March on Washington
The purpose of this march is to stand civil economic rights for African Americans during the time when segregation spread throughout the society. It where that Martin Luther King Jr. delivered "I Have a Dream" speech in the front of the Lincoln Memorial. -
Selma March
Selma March is when African is came to protests. They wanted to vote, but whites refuse to let them. The African Americans tried convince them by marching and holding out signs, but it let them yo lead into death. That the day was called "Bloody Sunday" -
Voting Right Act of 1965
Voting Right Act is a type of act will let all people to vote. It was in the 15th amendment. Before it was created, African American want to vote, but police and everyone was refuse to let them and attack them with dogs -
Watts Riots
Watts Riots was took place in Los Angeles, California. An African American motorist was arrested for drinking while he was driving. The police hurt him violently. During the riots, several people are dead, and buildings and houses are destroyed. -
Bilingual Education Act
The Bilingual Education was the first piece of United States Federal legislation. It can help students with their speaking ability which it's called Limited English Speaking Ability. The person who created Ralph Yarborough and signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson In January 1968 -
Martin Luther King Jr's assassination
On April 4th 1968, Martin Luther King Jr died at the Lorraine Hotel. The person who shot him was James Earl Ray. On March 10th 1969, James Earl Ray was sentence 99 years in prison, but he died in age 70 in 1998
