AMH-2020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 37: Montgomery Bus Boycott, Greensboro, North Carolina, Southern Baptist Convention
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Naacp national association for the advancement of colored people: took on the legal side of things in the civil rights movements, brown v. board of education, loving v. virginia 1967. Case involving both the aclu and the naacp. Marriage and sex between people of different races. Richard loving (white male) and mildred loving (black female) were arrested in. The court rules that miscegenation is unconstitutional. Sncc student non-violent coordinating committee: created to give young african americans a voice in the crm, less religious than the sclc. John lewis a congressman for georgia still in congress today: marion berry he becomes a mayor of washington d. c. , important figure in dc and. Claudette colvin 15 years old at the time. Inspired by what she had been learning in school about prominent women in us history who had fought against slavery (ie. harriet. Refuses to give up seat and is ultimately arrested. But rosa parks becomes the icon of the montgomery bus boycott.
