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Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson, was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision regaurding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal". This legalized racial segregation. -
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr./Gandhi/Thoreau/Randolph
These people led huge movements to end racial segregation. King and Randolph led the revolt for blacks, Gandhi led the revolt for Indians in India, and Thoreau wrote about civil disobedience which inspired many. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, was a decision the Supreme Court made which declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
In response to Rosa Parks arrest, blacks began to boycott the buses in Montgomery for 381 days. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger, which started the Montgomery boycott and other efforts to end segregation. -
Little Rock School Intergration
Little Rock, Arkansas decided to get rid of separate schools for blacks and whites. The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment caused riots and racial tension to increase. -
The Sit In Movement
The sit-ins started when four black sat down at a lunch counter in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina. This started a movement of African Americans sitting at white counters. -
Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses in segregated southern United States to prove a protest segregation. -
March on Washington
The largest political rally in history for anti-segregation and freedom, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech here. -
March on Birmingham, Alabama
Civil rights activist took aim at Birmingham, Alabama, due to the strictness of their segregation laws. Peaceful protesters took to the streets, and as a result they faced consequences such as being hosed and police dogs attacking them. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Passed in 1964, it outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin -
24th Amendment
Abolished poll fees because some states before required a fee to vote. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This legislation outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
Selma to Montgomery March
On 25 March 1965, Martin Luther King led thousands of nonviolent demonstrators to the steps of the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, after a 5-day, 54-mile march from Selma, Alabama to end racial segregation. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The voting rights act was intended to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote. -
De Jure v. De Facto Segregation
This case defined the difference between segregation by law and segregation by choice. For example, a predominantly black neighborhood would have a high percentage of black students, and that is constitutional. -
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall was one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States from October 1967 until October 1991. He was the first black supreme court justice. -
Race Riots
In the summer of 1967 one of the most violent revolts took place in Detroit. It came as a response to police brutality, segregated housing and schools, and the rising black unemployment. -
Race Riots
In the summer of 1967, one of the most violent revolt attempt was taken in Detroit. It came as a response to police brutality, segregated housing and schools, and rising black unemployment. -
Malcolm X
Malcolm X, was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist.
