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Became the youngest person ever elected president of the United States.

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

Series of protests in which black and white bus riders traveled together throughout the South.

• Freedom Rides

• March on Washington

A massive demonstration for civil rights held on August 28, 1963.

• Freedom Rides

• March on Washington

Vice President who was quickly sworn in after assassination of the president

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Eugene "Bull" Conner

Banned segregation in public spaces

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting RIghts Act of 1965

Gave the federal government new powers to protect African Americans' voting rights.

• Voting Rights Act of 1964

• Civil Rights Act of 1965

Program of domestic reforms

• Great Society

• Black Power

Movement which called for African American power and independence

• Black Power

• Great Society

Nation of Islam leader who argued that integration would never solve African American problems.

• Malcom X

• Eugene "Bull" Conner

Created to help low income families get better housing

• Department of Housing and Urban Development

• Congress of Racial Equality