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Plessy vs Ferguson
This legalized segragation -
National Associaiaton for the Advancement of colored people (NAACP)
started up to end segregation and to assist African Americans -
Thurgood Marshall
1938 lawyer for NAACP -
Montgomrery Bus Boycott
1955 became a one year protest against segregation on bus transportation -
Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka
1954 School desegragation -
Thurgood Marshal
1938 lawyer for the NAACP -
Rosa Parks
1955 Refused to give up her seat on a bus. She was the start of the bus movement -
MalcolmX
1964 all about racial pride. He was a preacher -
Freedom Rides
1961 protesting segregation on intra-state bus routes -
March on Washington
1963 march to Washington for Dream of Equality -
1963 March on Birmingham Alabama
1963 desegregation public facilities -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
1964 prohibit discrimination of race, religion,and gender -
24th amendment
1964 eliminated pool tax for voting -
Emmett Till
1955 this young man was lynched in Mississippi -
Little Rock School Integration
1957 school desegregation crisis -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
1965 protected voting rights -
The Sit Ins
1942 is when they started CORE peaceful protests -
March form Selma to Montgomery for voting rights
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De jure vs De Facto segregation
1965 segregation by law or by customs -
Dr.Martin Luther kings Jr./Gandhi/Thoreau/Randoph
MLK was assassinated in 1968 Gandhi influence was peaceful leadership, Thoreau influenced with civil disobedience. and Randolph influence was how to do massive demonstrations -
Black Panther Party
1966 fight police brutality in the ghetto
