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Plessy vs Ferguson
a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that legalized separate but equal. -
National Association for The Advancement of Colored People
It was founded in 1906 to get justice for African Americans during segregation. -
Race Riots
White Americans began to riot against African Americans in Chicago. -
Emmett Till
14 year old boy who was killed because he was accused of offending a white women. -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that schools cannot be segregated. -
De jure vs De Facto segregation
De Facto-Practicing segregation without the governments influence.
De Jure-Practicing segregation with government influence. -
Dr. Martin Luther Kings Jr./Gandhi/Thoreau/Randolph
All peaceful nonviolent leaders who had similar beliefs. -
Rosa Parks
She was called 'the mother if the freedom movement' because she stood up for herself and what she believed was right. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A protest in Alabama buses where African Americans stopped riding the buses as a protest. -
Voting Rights Acts Of 1965
It Outlawed Discriminatory voting practices developed in the south. -
Little Rock School Integration
A group of 9 African American students who attended an all white school. -
The Sit-Ins
People who protest by simply sitting -
Freedom Rides
Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the south -
24th Amendment
A law made for poll tax, you have to pay annually to be able to vote -
March of Birmingham, Alabama
Southern Christian Leadership Conference organized a campaign to bring attention to ingratiation efforts of African Americans. -
March Of Washington
a march for jobs and freedom for african americans -
Civil Rights Act
banned segregation of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. -
Malcom X
A popular Muslim American Minister who was assassinated during the civil rights movement. -
March from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights
they fought for the right to protest for the right to vote. -
Black Panther Party
Founded by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton in California as a political organization for self defense. -
Thurgood Marshall
He was the first african american justice of the supreme court.
