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Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v Ferguson was a court case that went all the way to the supreme court because they were fighting to not segregate public facilities and over all it established 'Separate but Equal' faculties for colors. -
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -
Race Riots
Many race riots but the most well known one was the Chicago 1919 overall 38 people dies and over 500 were injured. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Known for Leading The civil rights movements and All of the marches on Washington etc. -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Another court cases that went to the supreme court and ruled that color and white kids are allowed to get to the same school. -
Thurgood Marshall
Known for Winning the Brown v Board of Education case stopping segregation in Schools -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Social event where people protested because of racial segregation on public buses and they boycotted buses in Montgomery was a seminal event in the civil rights movement. -
Rosa Parks
Known for the Montgomery bus boycott helping stop segregation in public transit. -
Emmitt Till
Known for flirting with a white cashier in Mississippi and 4 days later her dad and brother found him and torched and killed him. -
Little Rock School Integration
IN 1957 the governor of Arkansas orders national guard to prevent colored kids from enrolling in central high school because it was a only white school. -
The Sit-Ins
A movement in civil rights where a group of protester who would go into a restaurant and sit in an area where they weren't allowed to protest against segregation in public restaurants. -
Malcolm X
Known for his speeches in civil rights movement and march on Washington -
Freedom Rides
A bus from Washington dc was on a journey to new Orleans and several black journalist ere invited and when they got to Alabama a mob chased the bus down and started breaking windows and throw a fire bomb in the bus. -
March on Washington
Known for marches because of equal jobs and freedoms and most known for martin Luther i have a dream speech. -
March on Birmingham, Alabama
The purpose of the march on Birmingham,Alabama was too desegregate public facilities. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This acted did a lot for the African american people it desegregated public facilities and banned unfair employment discrimination. -
De jure v. De Facto Segregation
Segregation in schools but by fact on the predominant color in neighborhood and not by law. -
24th Amendment
The 24th amendment prohibited from any poll tax when voting for elections. -
March from Selma to Montgomery for Vote Rights
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Voting Rights of 1965
African Americans could legally exercise there right to vote. -
Black Panther Party
African American Revolutionary Party for self defense
