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Malcolm X becomes the speaker for the Nation Of Islam, a black muslim group. After his release from jail in 1952 he joined the NOI and quikly rose through its ranks. Noticing his eloquency in speak...
The siege at wounded knee was an event in which the American Indian Movement and the Lakota Nation were trying to make a final stand for their Native rights and reclaim the land. Leading up to sie...
The siege at wounded knee was an event in which the American Indian Movement and the Lakota Nation were trying to make a final stand for their Native rights and reclaim the land. Leading up to sie...
The Equal Rights Amendment states that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. This Amendment was going to be the 27...
American Indians held Alcatraz island for over 18 months from November 20, 1969 to June 11, 1971. The Indians were reclaiming native land that they had lost, and were now demanding fairness and res...
On April 11, 1968 president Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968. It was meant to be a follow up of the CRA of '64. The act expanded on previous acts and prohibited discrimination against ra...
Martin Luther King was our nations greatest leader during the civil rights movement. Although he was loved by many, he also had enemies. So, at 6:01 pm on April 4, James Earl Ray shot King with his...
The Newark Riot of 1967 began with the arrest of a cab driver named John Smith, who allegedly drove around a double-parked police car at the corner of 7th St. and 15th Avenue. He was stoppe...
The Black panthers was a black orginazation created for the protection of black people during the growing time of segregation and racism. The founders were Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale.
The National Organization of Women (better known as NOW) is the largest American feminist group. It was created because of the realization of discrimination towards women, Betty Freidan and Pauli M...
After being released from prison and converting to the islam religion and joined Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam (NOI). Malcom X shortly left the NOI and formed the Muslim Mosque Incoporat...
In June of 1963 the civil rights bill was brought before congress, and in November when Kennedy was assassinated it was still being debated. Johnson, a man with a poor record on civil rights, was e...
(Also known as the Mississippi Summer Project) The United States tried to register as many African American voters as possible in Mississippi. This project was made by the Council of Federated Or...
The 24th amendment gave the right to any person in the United States to vote for any government office spot. The government can't take away any of the rights of a citizen as long as they pay any ta...
The March on Washington was for Jobs and Freedom for African Americans. Martin Luther King Jr. also delivered his I have a dream speech. The cause of the march on Washington was that the blacks wer...
The March on Washington was for Jobs and Freedom for African Americans. Martin Luther King Jr. also delivered his I have a dream speech. The cause of the march on Washington was that the blacks wer...
The March on Washington was for Jobs and Freedom for African Americans. Martin Luther King Jr. also delivered his I have a dream speech. The cause of the march on Washington was that the blacks wer...
The goal of the Equal Pay Act's goal was to eliminate the differences in wages due to sex. This is one of the many rights that women fought for. This amendment was written by the Fair Labor Standar...
The goal of the Equal Pay Act's goal was to eliminate the differences in wages due to sex. This is one of the many rights that women fought for. This amendment was written by the Fair Labor Standar...
The Children's Crusade happened in Birmingham Alabama on May 2 and 3 1963. The march was part of the civil rights act. The Childrens March was were 100's of children left school so they could prote...
The Freedom Riders were a group of white and black people that decided after the supreme court ruled it unconstitutional to segregate busses, they would go travel around the south in mixed race bus...
Nine children from Little Rock, Arkansas enrolled and attended Central High High school. They were chosen because they had good grades, signed the sheet and had the courage. This is all thanks to B...
After, a long day of work Rosa Parks was wore out and was sick of being mistreated because of her race. Mrs. Parks sat down on the bus and refused to give up her seat to a white man. The bus driver...
On the night of August 28, 1955, two men by the name of Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam barged into the home of great-uncle of Emmett Till, Mose Wright. With gun in hand, they forced him to show were Emm...
This landmark Supreme Court decision overturned the separate but equal doctrine of Plessy v. Ferguson by saying that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." The decision came as a...
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