| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Freedom Rides | Protests against segregation on interstate buses in the South. African Americans would sit in front of the bus and refuse to move. |
| 1960 elected President | John F. Kennedy-Democrat (beat out Richard Nixon-Rupublican) |
| Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) | organization that planned Freedom Rides |
| Protests in Birmingham | - African Americans in south wanted to integrate public facilities and gain better job and housing opportunities. During protests, segregationists were recorded attacking nonviolent protesters. Eventually Birmingham's white leaders agreed to desegregate lunch counters, remove segregation signs, and employ more African Americans. |
| March on Washington | huge civil rights demonstration in Washington D.C. Also when Martin Luther King gave "I have Dream" speech |
| November 22nd, 1963 | President Kennedy assassinated, Lyndon Johnson sworn in as new president |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Banned segregation in public places such as hotels and theaters. Also created Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to prevent job discrimination. Segregation was now illegal |
| Freedom Summer | 1964 voter-registration drive for Southern blacks |
| Voting Rights Act (1965) | Banned literacy tests and other laws that kept people from registering to vote. Also sent federal officials to register voters. |
| Johnson's Great Society Program | Provided measures to help the poor, elderly, women, (vote, promote education, end discrimination, and protect environment) Ex: Medicare (health care for elderly), Medicaid (health care for poor) |
| Elementary and Secondary School Act | provided federal funds for education |
| Clean Water and Clean Air Acts | protected endangered species to preserve millions of acres of wilderness |
| Malcolm X | popular figure of Nation of Islam that envisioned a world where all races could live together in peace. Unlike MLK, Malcolm X believed that African Americans had a right to fight against racism by 'any means necessary'. Assassinated by members of Nation of Islam in 1965 |
| Dolores Huerta | Mexican-American unions organizer and negotiator |
| Latinos | people in the United States who trace their origins to Latin American countries and cultures (Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Central and South America) |
| Cesar Chavez | Mexican-American union organizer and leader |
| assimilate | to blend into society |
| "termination policy" | ended federal protection of assets held by Native American tribes |
| National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) | founded in 1944 to promote rights of Native Americans |
| National Organization for Women (NOW) | founded in1966 to get women good jobs at equal pay |
| Betty Friedan | women's rights leader and author of The Feminine Mystique |
| Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) | amendment that would give equality of rights regardless of sex |
| Higher Education Act of 1972 or "Title IX" | outlawed discrimination against women in schools, including colleges that received federal funding |
| abridged | shortened |
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