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Plessy vs ferguson
was a court case which was brought into the supreme court against segegation -
NAACP
The NAACP is the oldest civil rights organization in the United States, founded in 1909. -
Brown vs board of education
was a landmark supreme court declared state laws establishing separate schools for black and white -
emmett till
was an African-American teenager who was lynched in Mississippi at the age of 14 after reportedly flirting with a white woman. Till was from Chicago, Illinois, and visiting relatives in Money, a small town in the Mississippi. -
Montgomery bus boycott
rosa parks sitting on the white side of the bus and refused to get up. -
Rosa Parks
Sat on the white side of the bus and refused to get up. -
little rock school integration
was a group of nine African american students enrolled in little rock. that started riots -
freedom riders
a group of northern idealist active in the civil rights movement. A group of white and black people who rode buses. -
The Birmingham Campaign
was a movement to bring attention to the segregation efforts of African Americans. -
march on Washington
was a march for jobs and freedom -
24 amendment
the us abolished the poll tax for all federal elections -
civil rights act of 1964
the us outlawed discrimination based on race , color , religion, sex ,or national origin -
Malcolm x
An African-American political leader -
March on Selma
was a march from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights -
voting rights act
a law passed at the time of the civil rights movement it eliminated various devices, such as the literacy test. -
black panther party
in 1966, the Black Panther Party was founded. It was a Black political organization; originally known as the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. -
Thurgood marshall
was the first African American supreme justice member. -
race riots of 1968
six days of race riots erupted in Washington d.c following the assassination of mlk on April 4th 1968
