The Civil Rights Movement

Dr. King was THE VOICE of the Civil Rights Movement

ALABAMA was the center of his work to counter social injustices and racial inequality.

Dr. King led NON-VIOLENT RESISTANCE

Nonviolent resistance​ put pressure on leaders in the federal government to pass laws supporting EQUAL RIGHTS

Farmer was from Marshall, TX​

Co-founder of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)​

He led nonviolent resistance to Jim Crow Laws​ through the Freedom Rides​

Freedom Rides​ led to banning the segregation of all interstate public facilities

Highly decorated U.S. Army surgeon​

Founded the American GI Forum to protect the rights of Hispanics​

The GI Forum focused on helping veterans with education and health care ​

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregated facilities in professional schools violated the U.S. Constitution​

Led the way for Brown v. Board of Education

Believed that women deserved to be treated equally​

First woman to win the U.S. Army’s Distinguished Service Medal​

Served in President Eisenhower’s cabinet as secretary of health, education, and welfare

Became president after Kennedy was assassinated​

Built POLICIES to improve the lives of poor Americans​

Economic Opportunity Act​ Civil Rights Act of 1964​ Voting Rights Act​

President during the Vietnam War.

Barbara Jordan was from Houston​

She was elected as a state senator in 1966​

Elected to U.S. House of Representatives in 1972​

Jordan was the First African American to represent Texas in the U.S. Congress​

First Mexican American elected to the Texas Senate in the 1900s​

Served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 37 years