American Government - Chapter 31: The Civil Rights Movement

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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alliance of church based African American orgs. dedicated to ending discrimination

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Martin Luther King Jr.

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led the new organization (SCLC)

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nonviolent resistance

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method of going against discrimination that was promised by the SCLC

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sit-ins

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sitting down in a location and refusing to leave as a form of protest

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Student nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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SNCC

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Freedom Riders

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planned to be sent by CORE leaders on bus trips to the south

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Congress of Racial Equality

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this one is pretty self explanatory if you know what I mean

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T. Eugene Connor

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blamed the freedom riders for violence

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Diane Nash

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leader of the SNCC

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James Meridith

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African American applicant to the NAACP

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Medgar Evers

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NAACP field secretary that was killed by a white assassin

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Laurie Pritchett

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Police Chief that was prepared for demonstrations.

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

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banned discrimination in employment

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Council of Federal Organiztions

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COFO, coordinated voter registration drives

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Twenty-Fourth Admendment

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banned payment of poll taxes as a condition for voting in federal elections

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Freedom Summer

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SNCC implemented plan

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Andrew Goodman

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college student from new york who's body disappeared and his body turned up later buried

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James Chaney

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dissapeared with andrew goodman and Michael schwerner

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Michael Shwerner

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disappeared with Andrew Goodman and James Chaney

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Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

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MFDP, formed its own delegation

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Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

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MFDP, formed its own delegation

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Fannie Lou Hamer

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Lost her job and house when she registered to vote in 1062

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Voting Rights Act

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1965 - put the entire registration process under federal control.

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James Farmer

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James Farmer - 1962 CORE director
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Nation of Islam

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an African American organization. Referred to as a "militant" by James Farmer

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Malcom X

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A charismatic young Islam minister. Was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

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Stokely Carmichael

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member of the SNCC

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Black Power

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movement that called for Black seperatism

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Bobby seale

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worked with Huey Newton

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Huey Newton

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worked with Bobby Seale

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Nation of Islams

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African American group, refered to as a "militant" by James Farmer

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Elijah Muhammad

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Became leader of the Nation of Islam in the early 1930's. It then claimed around 8,000 members.

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Malcom X

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Charismatic young Islam minister that was sentenced to 10 years in prison

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Stokely Carmichael

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Member of the SNCC

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Black Power

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movement that called for Black seperatism

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Bobby Seale

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worked with Huey Newton

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Huey Newton

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worked with Bobby Seale to create a political organization

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Black Panther Party

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political party created by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton

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Kerner Commission

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created to investigate the vilence in Detroit when 43 people died

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Poor People's Campaign

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March 1968 - King called for this campaign that would include a march on Washington D.C. to protest what he saw as misuse of government spending.