History Civil Rights Flash Cards

A group organized to promote civil rights for African Americans through nonviolent protest.

Student Nonviolent Coordinationg Committee

A series of integrated bus rides through the south

A huge demonstration organized by Martin Luther King Jr.

36th president Became president after the assasination on President Kennedy. Led the nation threw civil rights movement

Johnson's legislative plan that included civil rights laws

A law that ended discrimination based on race or gender.

African American civil rights leader who advocated using violence if necessary to secure equal rights. Originally a leader of the Nation of Islam, when he broke with the organization, three of its members assassinated him.

Led the country through several cold war cries , but assassinated in 1963.

Provided new powers to the federal government to protect African American power and independence.

A social movement that called for African American power and independence.

A civil rights group organized to promote the interests of Native Americans.

First African American woman to be elected to Congress, as a Representative for New York.

American Indian Movement

Group organized to promote the interests of migrant farm workers.