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Plessy v. Ferguson
Separate but equal. Legalized segregation -
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
U.S. located civil rights organization with the intent to ensure equality and advance justice for African Americans. -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Stated that racial segregation in schools was unconstitutional. Ended segregation in schools. -
Rosa Parks
1955 Rosa refused to give up her seat to a white person, this was planned and was the start of the bus boycott -
Emmett Till
A 14 year old boy who was lynched and brutally murdered for allegedly offending a white women. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A peaceful protest of African Americans boycotting buses to end segregation on buses. The protests lasted 13 months then eventually ended segregated buses. -
Little Rock School Integration
1957 school desegregation crisis starts to make an impact -
Black Panther Party
1966 This party was organized to fight police brutality in the ghetto -
The Sit-Ins
First peaceful protest by CORE. Protests made up of students and African Americans for equality. -
Freedom Rides
this protested segregation on intra-state bus routes -
March On Washington
March to Washington for the Dream of Equality -
March On Birmingham, Alabama
this march was to desegregate public facilities -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
prohibits discrimination of race, religion, and gender -
24th Amendment
this amendment eliminated poll tax for voting -
Malcolm X
He stood for racial pride. He was a preacher -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
eliminated literacy tests for voting -
Race Riots
urban violence spreads into cities and neighborhoods -
March from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights
This march was to protect voting rights -
De jure vs. De Facto segregation
this was segregation either by law or by choice ( customs/cultures) Not everyone segregated by law, some wanted to live near their similar countrymen -
Thurgood Marshall
Lawyer for NAACP. Later he became a justice for the supreme court. -
Dr. Martin Luther Kings Jr./Gandhi/Thoreau/Randolph
Martin L King Jr civil rights leader, assassinated 1968. He was influenced by Thoreau on civil disobedience, Gandhi on peaceful leadership, and Randolph on how to do massive demonstrations
