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SCLC
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference
- Founded by Martin Luther King Jr.
- Nonviolent protests
- Inclusive of whites
- Gained attention by publicizing injustice in the South
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Gov. George Wallace
- Conservative Governor of Alabama, wanted segregationist policies
- Prevented two black students from attending classes at the University of Alabama campus
- Stood in the schoolhouse door like a little kid throwing a temper tantrum
- Protesting desegregation of the school system
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Medgar Evers
- Black civil rights leader
- WWII veteran
- Member of NAACP
- Encouraged poor blacks throughout countryside to register to vote
- Helped to gather witnesses/evidence for Emmett Till case, attracting national attention
- Shot outside his home by Byron De La Beckwith - white supremacist
- De La Beckwith tried for murder twice, both times ended with a hung jury
- Third time, 31 years after murder, he was finally convicted
- Media coverage of murder/trials
- Evars buried in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors
- JFK publicly condemned the killing
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Jackie Kennedy
JFK's hot wife
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John Connally
- Governor of Texas
- Riding in car with JFK
- Rumored to have killed him
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Dealey Plaza
- Downtown Dallas
- Site of JFK's asassination
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Lee Harvey Oswald
- Arrested for the alleged assassination of JFK
- Killed by Jack Ruby in full view of live broadcasting cameras
- Many believe his blame in JFK assassination was a conspiracy
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Jack Ruby
- Dallas nightclub owner
- Killed Lee Harvey Oswald
- Sentenced to death, but died before it was carried out
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Earl Warren
- Chief Justice of SCOTUS
- Made many important rulings that shaped American laws
- Brown v. Board of Education
- High point of American judicial power
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Cloture
- The only procedure by which the Senate can vote to place a time limit on consideration of a bill or other matter, and thereby overcome a filibuster.
- Under the cloture rule (Rule XXII), the Senate may limit consideration of a pending matter to 30 additional hours, but only by vote of three-fifths of the full Senate, normally 60 votes.
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Civil Rights Act 1964
- LBJ - Great Society
- Barred unequal application of voter registration requirements, but did not affect literacy tests
- Prohibited racial discrimination in public places (theaters, restaurants, hotels)
- Required equal employment opportunities
- Anything federally funded could be cut off if there was evidence of racial discrimination
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Economic Opportunity Act
- LBJ - Great Society
- 1965
- Created many programs/committees to benefit public
- Office of Economic Opportunity, Head Start, Upward Bound, VISTA, Community Action Agencies, Legal Services Program, Public Broadcasting Act, National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities
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VISTA
- Created under Economic Opportunity Act
- Peace Corps teachers moved to low income districts
- Paid more to work there
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Food Stamps
- LBJ - Great Society
- 1961
- Aid to families that couldn't afford groceries
- Only kept for one year, reintroduced later
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Wilderness Act 1964
- LBJ - Great Society
- Protected 9 million acres of federal land from corporate/private use
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Barry Goldwater
- Republican nominee 1964
- Lost to LBJ badly
- Like seriously no one even liked him apparently
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A Choice, Not An Echo
- Book written by Phyllis Schlafly
- Outlined Conservative viewpoints
- Encouraged Republicans to have a real Conservative candidate, not a liberal in disguise
- Influenced Goldwater's nomination
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Hubert Humphrey
- Vice President under LBJ
- Ran for president in 1968 election
- Picked as Democratic ticket after RFK's assassination
- Lost by less than 1%
- Would have won with antiwar vote
- Announced he would stop bombings in North Vietnam, but it was too late to gain support
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Great Society
- Series of progressive domestic policies passed under LBJ
- Attempted to end poverty and racial discrimination
- Mike Might Eat Cake Now Dance Country Voices
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Medicare
- LBJ - Great Society
- Part of Medical Care Act of 1965
- Medical insurance for elderly - part of Social Security
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Medicaid
- LBJ - Great Society
- Part of Medical Care Act of 1965
- Healthcare for welfare recipients
- Paid for 20% of Americans' bills
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act
- LBJ - Great Society
- 1965
- Federal aid to education
- Textbooks, library materials, special education
- Poorer districts helped first
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Appalachian Development Act
- LBJ - Great Society
- Money allocated to create Appalachian Development Highway System
- Designed to spur growth in poverty-stricken Appalachia
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Housing and Urban Development Act
- LBJ - Great Society
- Expansions of Federal Housing Programs
- Rent subsidies, low mortgages, placement in empty private housing, funding for water/sewer facilities, community centers, urban beautification
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