African American

Movement to stop discrimination and racism and violent acts toward the community, the Civil Rights movement in all its forms, can find their roots here.

People & Events

NAACP-Group that seeks to fight racism and discrimination through litigation.

Ruby Bridges-6 year old girl who went to an all white school in Louisiana. She had armed guards protecting her.

Rosa Parks-Woman who, connected with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, had a planned sit-in and refused to give up her seat on a bus. This spurred the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Black Panthers & Malcom X-Believed in violent action taken towards police when they use it against them unwarranted. In direct opposition with MLK jr.

Martin Luther King Jr-Believed in Non-Violent Protest. Was a Southern Baptist and wrote the 'Letters from a Birmingham Jail' and 'I have a dream speech'

People & Events Continued..

Freedom Riders- Went to towns on busses that refused to implement laws to protect African Americans as a show of force to make them.

Thurgood Marshall- First African American to the Supreme Court.

Orval Faubus & the Little Rock 9- Governor of Arkansas who refused to allow the Little Rock 9 to integrate into the school. He blockaded it with the state guard. President Dwight D. Eisenhauer forces him to open the schools.

Klu Klux Klan, KKK-Group of white hooded individuals that sought to terrorize members of African American community, as well as, other racial and religious minority communities.

George Wallace- Alabama governor who was against integration of schools. He was shot, he changes his mind in his last run for governor and was supported and then elected by a majority of the black population.

Urban Indian, American Indian Movement

Remember Wounded Knee

Trail of Broken Treaties

The new Native American who is urbanized but still connected to their ethnic roots, demands to be treated with dignity on the bases of Wounded Knee and all the broken treaties from the U.S. towards them.

Women

Betty Friedman-wrote the Feminine Mystique, a book about female empowerment. 

Title 9-A law stating that women sports have to be offered and the same amount of money spent on boys sports has to be equally spent on girls.

Chicano Movement

A movement of people to have Hispanic Americans and their culture respected. Done often through murals painted on buildings. 

People & Events

Cesar Chavez-z was an American farmer who after losing his farm due to possible sabotage because a labor leader, community organizer, businessman, and Latino American civil rights activist.

Dolores Huerta-Dolores Clara Fernández Huerta is an American labor leader and civil rights activist who, with Cesar Chavez, is a co-founder of the National Farmworkers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers 

Yellow Power Movement

Movement of Asian American community, designed after the African American community, to stop racism towards them and stop racists portrayal of them in the movies.

Americans with Disabilities

ADA was passed in the Bush administration in the 1990s and set up the community with ramps and handicap parking and to stop discrimination in hiring.

Deaf Community

The Deaf Community fights for civil rights based on connection. The American's with Disability Act would be passed in 1990s and allow for communications on the phone through what could be considered the first texting. Today the Deaf uses TTY machines and most recently, video phones to communicate with others.

LGBTQ

The LGBTQ community has many movements to ensure civil rights. One of them is Sip-ins which were set up after African American sit-ins, sip-ins had gay men go into bars and demand to be served and then when they weren't, they would sue the bar for discrimination.