civil rights
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Jackie's courage
Members of his team refuse to play with him and he receive hate mail. Fan shouted racist slurs at him.
Black Panthers
Symbol of young militant African Americans, protected urban neighborhoods from police abuse. Created antipoverty programs, Stokely was honorary prime minster
Organization Develope
1910- NAACP(National association for the advancement of colored people
1942--CORE ( congress of racial equality
1957--SCLC (southern christen leadership conference
1960---- SNCC (student nonviolent coordinating commitee
Little Rock 9
President Eisenhower sent federal troops to protect the African American student and to enforce Brown vs. Board
For the entire school year, federal troops stayed in little Rock escorting the student from school.
Significant Gains
Eliminate legal or de jure segregation, knocked down barriers of voting and political participation for African Americans. poverty rates fell
Increase in the number of African American high school graduates.
Malcolm X
Influenced by riots
Difficult childhood
While in jail, converted to the Nation of Islam
Rosa Parks wasn't the 1st
1944 Jackie Robinson refused his bus on the seat in Texas, 1955 Claudette Colvin a 15 year old refuse to give her seat up on a bus.
African Americans made 75% of the passengers in the bus system but still had to deal with unfair rules.