Civil Rights

Organized and fought for migrant farm workers’ rights, many of whom were Mexican-American.

• César Chávez

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcolm X

• Hector P. Garcia

Southern Christian Leadership Conference, founded in 1957 by southern ministers fighting for equal rights led by Martin Luther King, Jr.

• SDS

• SCLC

• SNCC

• SCCL

Governor of AR that ordered Nat. Guard soldiers to block entrance of nine black students to Central HS.

• Lester Maddox

• George Wallace

• Robert Byrd

• Orval Faubus

Led to the federal court ruling that segregation on city buses violated the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment.

• Rosa Parks No Seat No Play

• Alabama Bus Boycott

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Selma March

The court ruling that “separate-but-equal” was constitutional.

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Delgado v. Bastrop

• Hernandez v. Texas

Refused to give up her seat on the bus in Montgomery, local leaders organized a boycott in protest.

• Dolores Huerta

• Medgar Evers

• Rosa Parks

• Malcolm X

King explained why African-Americans could no longer wait for equality.

• "Letter from the Birmingham Jail"

• "I Have a Dream Speech"

• March on Washington

• Selma March

Organized in 1963 to convince Congress to pass Civil Rights legislation highlighted by famous “I have a Dream Speech” by Martin Luther King , Jr.

• "Letter from the Birmingham Jail"

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• March on Washington

• Selma March

Alabama Governor that blocked two African-American students from attending the University of Alabama.

• Lester Maddox

• George Wallace

• Robert Byrd

• Orval Faubus

Broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers .

• Jackie Robinson

• Hank Aaron

• Derek Jeter

• Babe Ruth