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Voting rights

- Were enforced by the 15th amendment. There were many restrictions that prevented African Americans from voting which were poll taxes and literacy tests

Civil Rights Act

- Segregation on the grounds on race, religion and nationality were banned

-John F. Kennedy proposed the Civil Rights Act

- Kennedy was assassinated, however Lyndon Johnson took over. The vote took awhile because when it reached the Senate it had problems, however it was eventually passed.

Fair Housing Act

- First passed in 1968

- It was intended to protect the buyer or renter of a dwelling from seller or landlord discrimination

Little Rock Nine

- A group of nine African Americans challenged racial segregation in public schools

- This happened after the Brown v. Board of Education case

- This sparked outrage in the civil rights movement and challenged the power of of the state and federal government

-Little Rock schools shut down and reopened in 1960

Anti- Civil Rights

Bull Connor

- Was a southern democrat and politician

- He protested the civil rights movement

-He never took action in ending the racial bombings in Birmingham

- He is said to have been in a plan to murder Shuttlesworth

- He refused police protection for freedom rides

- He was eventually removed from office

Medgar Evers

- He was an African American Civil Rights leader

- He was a WWII veteran

- He was shot to death in his driveway by a white klansman

Assassination of Robert Kennedy

- He was committed to helping African Americans win the right to vote and attend integrated schools

- He helped end discrimination in Public accommodations

-He was fatally shot on June 5th by Sirhan Sirhan