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Web Code: nea-1410
Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
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Twenty-fourth Amendment (1964) |
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Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
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Fair Housing Act of 1968 |
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Organization and Date Founded | Key People | Key Features |
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) 1909 | Thurgood Marshall | Focused on legal cases to end segregation and gain legal equality |
Nation of Islam 1930 | Elijah Muhammad; Malcolm X | Advocated separation of the races |
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) 1942 | James Farmer | Organized peaceful protests to gain civil rights |
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) 1957 | Martin Luther King, Jr.; Ralph Abernathy | Church-based group dedicated to nonviolent resistance; organized demonstrations and protest campaigns |
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) 1960 | James Lawson; Ella Baker; Stokely Carmichael | Grass-roots movement of young activists; organized voter education projects in the South |
Black Panther Party 1966 | Huey Newton; Bobby Seale | Militant group advocating armed confrontation; organized antipoverty programs |
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Web Code: nep-1412