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Plessy v. Ferguson
Held up the constitutionally of segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine. -
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Most influential civil rights organization in the United States. They campaigned against African American injustice in the United States. -
Race Riots
A race riot broke out in Detroit, Michigan, in June 1943, and lasted for three days before thousands of Federal troops were called in to establish control -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Case where the courts decided separate schools for black and white students is unconstitutional. -
De Jure vs. De Facto Segregation
e facto segregation is segregation that existed because of were people choose to live and associate themselves with. -
Emmett Till
Emmett Louis Till was an African American teenager who was lynched at the age of 14 after flirting with a white woman. -
Rosa Paks
Known for Montgomery Bus Boycott. Rosa parks was a African American civil rights activst who refused to obey a bus driver's order to give up her seat. -
Montgomery bus boycott
The arrest of Rosa Parks. Ended in segregation on buses being unconstitutional. -
The Sit in Movement
Four black students from North Carolina A&T College sat down at a Woolworth lunch counter in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina. -
Freedom Rides/Riders
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States -
March on Birmingham
It was to bring attention to the integration efforts of African Americans in Birmingham, Alabama. -
March on Washington
largest political rallies for human rights in United States history and demanded civil and economic rights for African Americans -
24th Amendment
United States changed the 24th Amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting any poll tax and charges to pay when voting to elections federal officials. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The U.S. outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin -
Malcolm X
Known for his doing whatever he needed to do. He promoted black supremacy and the separation of black and white Americans. -
Selma to Montgomery Marches
The three Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965 were For voting rights in Selma, Alabama. By bringing light to racial injustice in the South -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
A law passed by the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. -
Black panther Party
Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The Panthers practiced self-defense of minority communities against the U.S. government. -
Thurgood Marshall
He was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Marshall was the Court's 96th justice and its first African-American justice. -
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience. -
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