J. Kelly Robison

Civil Rights

  1. Post-World War II Initiatives
    1. Truman and Civil Rights
      1. To Secure These Rights
      2. Federal Desegregation
    2. Using the Courts
      1. Challenges to Jim Crow
        1. Brown v Board of Education of Topeka Kansas
  2. The Civil Rights Movement - Post-1955
    1. The Montgomery Bus Boycott
    2. Sit-In Movement
    3. Freedom Rides
    4. The Rise of Martin Luther King
      1. The Birmingham Demonstrations
      2. The Washington Demonstration
        1. "I Have a Dream" Speech
        2. The Civil Rights Act of 1964
    5. "Freedom Summer"
    6. The March on Selma
      1. Voting Rights Act of 1965
  3. From Civil Rights to Black Power
    1. Economic Problems of Black America
      1. Urban Blight and Poverty
      2. Economic Issues
    2. The Long Hot Summers
    3. Militancy
      1. Racial Pride
      2. Black Panthers
      3. Nation of Islam

Study Terms:

To Secure These Rights Brown v Board of Education of Topeka Kansas Jim Crow NAACP
Plessy V. Fergusen SCLC CORE Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks James Meredith
Sit-In Movement Freedom Rides Martin Luther King Jr. Civil Rights Act of 1964
"Freedom Summer" The March on Selma Voting Rights Act of 1965
Black Power Long Hot Summers Black Panthers Nation of Islam
Malcolm X Huey Newton Eldridge Cleaver

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