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America 1960's (Freedom Rides (April - December 1961, CORE activists…
America 1960's
Sit-ins
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By the end of 1960, lunch counters were desegregated in 126 cities
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Freedom Rides
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CORE activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern states because states were ignoring the ruling to desegregate bus services after the Montgomery Bus ruling
faced some of the worst violence of the CRM and showed the deep racial hatred white supremist groups had
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March on Washington, 1963 (for jobs and freedom)
August 28th 1963, a peaceful rally by MLK aimed to achieve black voting rights and employment rights
250,000 people both black and white
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Malcom X
human rights activist, member of the Nation of Islam which promoted Black Supremacy and rejected the CRM, run by Elijah Muhammad and Malcom X
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grew disillusioned with the NOI expressing many regrets about his time with them, 1965 he was assassinated by 3 members of the NOI
Black Power Movement
1965-67 there were race riots across America including the Watts Riot in LA in August 1965 (30,000 rioters and 34 deaths)
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Martin Luther King
won the Nobel Peace prize in 1964, proves his commitment to peace
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Acts
Civil Rights Act, 1964: made made it illegal for local governments to discriminate in areas such as housing and employment
Voting Rights Act, 1965: banned literary tests from being used and allowed government agents to inspect voting procedures
Civil Rights Act, 1968: housing could not be sold or rented on the basis of race, religion, national origin or sex
The Great Society
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it had a number of successful reforms passed by congress eg. Medicaid and Medicare, 1965
criticised by republicans (too much government involvement/0, public were angry at Johnson over the Vietnam war so a lot of achievement were overshadowed by their dislike for him
Presidents:JFK (democrat) Jan 1961-Nov 1963, Johnson (democrat) Nov 1963 - Jan 1969