There was a growth in political engagement by minorities with the passage of legislation to end-

The Civil Rights Movement is mostly characterized by-

Who enforced Brown v Board of Education in Little Rock, Arkansas Central High School

Made racial, religious, and sex discrimination by employers illegal and gave the government the power to enforce all laws governing civil rights, including desegregation of schools and public places.

Protests by black college students, who took seats at "whites only" lunch counters and refused to leave until served. They were supposed to touch the conscience of whites in the U.S.

Court case that made legal justification for segregation

Challenged the federal government to enforce Supreme Court rulings against discrimination in interstate transportation

Outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting.

Farm worker, labor leader, and civil-rights activist who helped form the National Farm Workers Association, later the United Farm Workers.

taught farmworkers how to become citizens and how to vote; earned more money to buy food and clothing for them; worked with Cesar Chavez to form the National Farm Workers Association

founded the American GI Forum to help minority veterans obtain the same benefits other veterans received

Began in the 1960s in Mexican-American barrios throughout the Southwest. Artists began using the walls of city buildings, housing projects, schools, and churches to depict Mexican-American culture.

Workers stopped picking grapes, encouraged people around the country to boycott table grapes. 1965-1970. Gave farm workers union recognition

U.S. Baptist minister and civil rights leader. A noted orator, he opposed discrimination against blacks by organizing nonviolent resistance and peaceful mass demonstrations.

Released in 1963, one of the most influential books of nonfiction in America. It questioned the traditional domestic female role in the US.

Co-founder of the Black Panther Party and they used all necessary means to defend the community and provide for community needs.

250,000 people; whites and black marched on the U.S capital demanding jobs and freedom (equality). MLK gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln memorial.

What were George Wallace, Orval Faubus, and Lester Maddox NOT in favor of during Civil rights?