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NAACP

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, founded in 1909 to secure full legal equality for all Americans and remove barriers like those preventing Black Americans from voting.

W.E.B. DuBois

A founding member of the NAACP; first African American to earn a doctoral degree from Harvard; directed public research and edited The Crisis.

National Urban League (NUL)

Founded in 1911 to help African Americans adjust to life in major cities by finding jobs, housing, and fair treatment.

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

Civil rights organization founded in 1942 that focused on peaceful confrontation to achieve racial equality.

James Farmer

Director of CORE who revived the group after WWII and helped keep it alive through the civil rights struggle.

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

Organization founded in 1957 by clergymen, including Martin Luther King Jr., to promote nonviolent protest.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Leader of the civil rights movement known for promoting nonviolent protest; became a national figure after the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Montgomery Bus Boycott

A 1955 protest against bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama; sparked by Rosa Parks’ arrest and led by MLK Jr.

Mohandas K. Gandhi

Leader of India’s independence movement; influenced King through his teachings on nonviolence and peaceful resistance to unjust laws.

Henry David Thoreau

Philosopher and author of Civil Disobedience; advocated for peaceful protest by refusing to pay taxes during the U.S.-Mexico War.

SNCC

An organization that aims to help youn African americans with voting etc.

Ella baker

executive director of the SCLC, addresses students, wants to get young blacks into the civil rights fight.

Robert Moses

Harvard grad student, taught math in harlem, moves to atlanta to work for snake, goes to Mississippi to gather blacks and whites to help vote