AP U.S. History / Unit 8: Period 8: 1945–1980
8.10 The African American Civil Rights Movement (1960s)
Notes
Sit-ins (Greensboro, 1960), Freedom Rides, the Birmingham campaign, the March on Washington (1963), the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Selma and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Later, the Black Power movement and Malcolm X.
Practice
The Civil Rights Act of 1964:
Landmark law.
The Selma marches led to:
Voting rights.
The Black Power movement emphasized:
Stokely Carmichael.
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