Concept Guide

MLK & Civil disobedience
MLK was a good organizer for disobedience acts. He planned the boycott of the buses. He could get people to follow him plus all his acts were non violent ones. his way of fighting was to do absolutely nothing but a single task. Not just one person either but a whole community as well. Everyone had a role to play in these movements acts and they had to stick to it.

Civil Rights Goal
To give everyone equal rights. All colored people wanted to treated as equal as the whites did. Stop segregation and not be split up like they are now.

Eisenhower's Role in Little Rock
Governor sent the national guard to stop the Little Rock 9 from entering the school. President heard of this and sent the army to protect them and let them enter the School safely.

Rights of the accused
6th amendment requires that a defendant should have an attorney even if they cant afford them. Criminals have rights until they are thrown into jail. Dont need to answer anything until you have talked to your attorney. Criminals should know their rights before anything.

Brown V. Board of Education
This ignited the Civil Rights Movement. Oliver Brown sued Topeka on behalf of his daughter because she had to travel a distance to get to school on the other side of town when there is a school close by

Chavez and the UFW
Chavez is the voice of the 5 million latinos in the US. He was very well known. He started the Delano Grape Strike which boycotted the picking of grapes and caused a shortage of grapes and wine in California. Chavez was against illegal immigration because it could ruin the chances for the strikes and remove the older harder workers.

FHA and ADA
FHA states that it will not sell/rent land to buyers based on their color, race , or religion. ADA is to place or make facilities for those who are disable.

Sit-ins and protestAt the sit ins it was a form of civil disobediance basically saying no we're not going to let you take out seats because you're white, black, etc.