Civil Rights Era
By: Taylor Icenberger
Rosa Parks
Refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus; December 11, 1955; she was arrested and led to the Montgomery bus boycott.
Brown v. Board of Education
Court case; court soon ordered desegregation of public school facilities.
SCSL
Aimed to mobilize the vast power of black churches on the behalf of black rights. Martin Luther King Jr.
Eisenhower Doctrine
Intended to provide financial assistance to free nations under communist threat,
Civil Rights Act of 1960
U.S. attorney general the authority to inspect local and state voting records for federal elections.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Banned segregation of public accomodations.
Equal Rights Amendment
1972; prevented states and federal government from discriminating the basis of sex.
National Organization of Women
1966; women becoming more vocal in regards to the desire for a more significant role in society. Betty Friedan
Montgomery bus boycott
Catapulted prominence a young pastor at Montgomery Dexter Avenue Baptist Church