public service announcements designed to increase public awareness of habitat issues

secured better pay and working conditions for agriculture laborers

Latino American civil rights activist; battle California grape growers

“The Personal is Political,” identified how women's cultural and political inequalities reflected sexist power structures

give females the privileges and responsibilities in equal partnership with men NOW!

end the legal distinctions between men and women in matters of divorce, property, employment, and other matters

NAACP

CORE; early civil rights group looking for justice for minorities

first president, Martin Luther King Jr., large role in the American civil rights movement, SCLC

“I Have a Dream” speech (1963) where the United States is void of segregation and racism

organized youth-led, peaceful, direct action campaigns against segregation and other forms of racism

"The Ballot or the Bullet" argued for black power, black self-defense and black economic autonomy, and encouraged racial pride

focused on creating economic, social and political strength of their own race

founded in 1966 in Oakland, California, original purpose was to protect residents from acts of police brutality

separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional

Chicago African American 14 year old boy, allegedly whistled at white lady, was brutally beaten to death by two men who were acquitted (found not guilty), mother demanded open casket to show effects of racism

381 day refusal to ride public transportation system that required segregation of races, first of its kind

nonviolent protest at segregated restaurants, refused to leave until arrested or served food

nonviolent protest of segregated transportation system of America, inspired by lunch counter sit-ins

SCLC efforts to desegregate public services in Alabama

brought together demonstrators from around the country to create a better national understanding of racial and economic injustice (when and where of "I Have a Dream" speech

1964 drive to increase the number of registered black voters in Mississippi, goal was to fight intimidation and discrimination at the polls

a peaceful representation of the outrage many felt to the obstacles standing in the way of voting in the state of Alabama

truck driver in CA arrested for suspicion of DWI, violence erupted between police and community, the city burned...later investigation blamed high unemployment rates, substandard housing, and inadequate schools

159 race riots that erupted across the United States during that season

abolished poll taxes

prohibited discrimination in public places and federally funded programs, also strengthened voting rights and desegregation of schools

promote social equality through the preferential treatment of socioeconomically disadvantaged people

helped African Americans get around barriers that had prevented them from exercising their 15th Amendment right to suffrage

sent Army troops to enforce integrating schools in Little Rock, Arkansas. Interstate Highway System. strong science education.

space programs and the civil right laws

first murder of a husband/father/elected official technicolour TV for all the world to see. LBJ took over duties as President

murdered JFK, thought to be a communist sympathizer

JFK's VP; thought to be a shoe-in democratic candidate for reelection, but he surprised the nation by refusing to run (some say he "wanted out of the cage" he was living in.

the administration of a particular town, parish/county, or district, with representatives elected by those who live there.

the administration of a subdivision of a country

the administration of a country that shares its powers with states