African American Civil Rights Movement

Revision Tools - Organizations

Group Abbreviation Full Name Founded Notable Members Mission/Vision Tactics

NAACP

CORE

SCLC

SNCC

Nation of Islam Nation of Islam

Black Panthers Black Panthers

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Revision Tools - Major Federal Legislations

Legislation Methods Used to Influence Legislation Details and Impact of Legislation

Civil Rights Act of

1957

Civil Rights Act of

1960

Civil Rights Act of

1964

The Voting Rights

Act of 1965

The Fair Housing

Act
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Revision Tools - Landmark Supreme Court Rulings

Legislation Date Description of Amendment

13th Amendment

14th Amendment

15th Amendment

Plessy v.
Ferguson

Brown v. Board of
Education

24th Amendment

Loving v. Virginia
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Revision Tools - Role of the Federal Government - Presidents

Legislation Dates in Major Actions or Non-Actions Overall Grade

Office on Civil Rights

B
Franklin D. + New Deal Programs (Works Progress, Conservation, Offered African-
Roosevelt 1933 Americans Employment Opportunities with the Federal Government)
("FDR") -1945

+ Signed National Labor Relations Act (protected African-American Workers'

Rights)
+ Signed National Industrial Recovery Act

- Failed to support Anti-Lynching Bill

Harry
Truman 1945
+ Publicly endorsed the desegregation of public schools which helped set the
groundwork for Brown v. Board of Education A-/B+
-1953
+ Helped desegregate federal workforce and military

+ Asked Congress to support a civil rights package (anti-lynching, work

opportunities, etc.) (A for effort)

+ Established the President's Committee on Civil Rights

- Made defamatory statements linking sit-ins with communism (post-Presidency)

 B
Dwight
Eisenhower + Desegregated Federal Government (expanded from Truman administration)
1953 + Brown v. Board passed under his administration
-1961 + Federal Desegregation of schools
+ Passage of Civil Rights Act of 1957
+ Sent federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas to protect new African-American
students at newly desegregated Little Rock High School
+ Appointed Pro-Civil Rights Attorney General Herbert Brownell & Supreme
Court Justice Earl Warren

John F. - Did not push for Civil Rights Legislation (afraid to lose the Southern A-/B+
Kennedy 1961 vote/support)
("JFK") -1963

+ Eventually appealed to congress to grant equal access to public facilities,

education, and federal protection for the right to vote

+ 1963 worked to build bi-partisan support for Civil Rights legislation

+ Sent Federal Troops to protect the "Freedom Riders". Worked with his brother
RFK (Robert F. Kennedy) (was the Attorney General).

- / + Originally afraid to support March on Washington but then invited Civil

Rights leaders to the White House

+ Called MLK's wife to give support and helped get MLK out of jail
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Lyndon B. 1963
Johnson -1969 + Signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 effectively ending "Jim Crow" segregation
("LBJ") + Signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 banning literacy tests and other
discriminatory practices
+ Signed the Fair Housing Act of 1969
+ Appointed Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court despite opposition (he
was the lawyer in the Brown v. Board case & part of the NAACP)
+ Signed Civil Rights Act of 1968
- Had a "hot/cold" relationship with MLK due to Vietnam War