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Dwight Eisenhower
1953-1961 *Thirty-fourth President *Became Allied military commander during WWII and led forces in North Africa, Italy, and England *Became Republican president after defeating Adlai Stevenson *Signed the truce in 1953 to end Korean War *Completed integration of military forces *Sent troops into Little Rock, Arkansas, to ensure desegregation *Gave momentum to desegregation movement *Warned the Us about the "military-industrial complex," which refers to the relationship between the government, the military, and the defense industry
JFK
35th President of the United States, didn't believe in segregation;
Booker T. Washington
African American progressive who supported segregation and demanded that African American better themselves individually to achieve equality.
Linden B. Johnson
Became president after death of JFK; and then sighted the civil rights act
Malcolm X
Charismatic Black Muslim leader who promoted separatism in the early 1960s
D.E.B Dubois
Demanded full equality and rights for African Americans Helped organize the NAACP Organization that worked for equal rights for African Americans
George Wallace
Racist gov. of Alabama in 1962. Physically blocked black students from regesturing at the university of Alabama.runs in 1972 but gets shot. He also brought in the national guard. Eisenhower had to step in and send military.
James Lawson
Studied non-violence as a philosophy in India. And trained students for protesting
MLK Jr.
United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of African Americans
James Farmer
Used Gandhi's aproche and organized the freedom rides and founded core (the Congress of racial equality)
Ida B. Wells
Women activist who lead the movement to ban lynching--> fed. anti-lynching laws failed
John Lewis
student leader of SNCC who organized sit-ins, spoke in Washington, & marched in Selma. Also at a young age captured the attention of other civil rights leaders.{Big six}