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Parent topics

• Human rights [r]: Natural civil and political rights considered universal and applicable to all human beings worldwide. ^[e]
• Civil rights [r]: Rights considered inherent to members of a society, the arbitrary deprivation of which is subject to enforcement action ^[e]
• Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution [r]: Add brief definition or description

Subtopics

Legal background

• Plessy v. Ferguson [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Brown v. Board of Education [r]: A landmark 1954 decision by the Supreme Court of the United States which ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in publicly-funded schools are unconstitutional even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality. ^[e]

Leadership

• Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin [r]: Formerly known as H. Rap Brown, leader of the Black Panther Party and earlier Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; U.S. black power activist serving a life sentence for murder of a sheriff's deputy attempting to arrest him ^[e]
• Stokely Carmichael [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Martin Luther King Jr. [r]: (1929-1968) Baptist minister in Atlanta, Georgia, leader in the U.S. civil rights movement and president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; gave I Have a Dream speech at the 1963 March on Washington; recipient of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize (youngest recipient); assassinated 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee ^[e]
• Malcolm X [r]: Add brief definition or description
• A. Philip Randolph [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Roy Wilkins [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Whitney Young [r]: Add brief definition or description

Organizations

• Black Panther Party [r]: Add brief definition or description
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [r]: United States of America civil rights organization founded in 1909 "to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights and there is no racial hatred or racial discrimination" ^[e]
• National Urban League [r]: An American civil rights organization, 1910-present ^[e]
• Southern Christian Leadership Conference [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee [r]: Add brief definition or description

Political supporters

• Lyndon B. Johnson [r]: American politician (1908-1973); president 1963–1969; known for his civil rights bills and "The Great Society". ^[e]
• Robert Kennedy [r]: Add brief definition or description

Political opponents

• Orval Faubus [r]: Add brief definition or description
• George Wallace [r]: Add brief definition or description

Events

• Integration of Little Rock, Alabama schools [r]: Add brief definition or description
• 1961 Freedom Riders [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Integration of the University of Mississippi [r]: Add brief definition or description
• 1963 Birmingham, Alabama protests [r]: Add brief definition or description
• 1963 March on Washington [r]: Add brief definition or description