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Brown v. Board of Education
Decision of the United States Supreme Court that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students and denying -
Rosa Parks
A Civil Rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery Alabama. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Leaders of the black community in Montgomery, Alabama, who organized a boycott of the city's buses to protest the racial policy -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
An American Civil Rights organization founded by Martin Luther King Jr. to encourage nonviolent passive resistance; organized black Christian Churches. -
Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine was a group of African-American students who were enrolled in Little Rock Central High School -
Greensboro Sit-Ins
Were four black & young men from A&T of North Carolina who “sat-in” and order coffee at a restaurant that served whites only. -
Freedom Riders
An interracial group of civil rights activists who rode buses through parts of the South in order to protest racial segregation. They got their bus set on fire. -
March on Washington
Alarge political rally in support of civil and economic rights for African-Americans that took place in Washington, D.C -
"I Have A Dream" Speech
"I Have a Dream" is a public speech by Martin Luther King, Jr., where he called for racial equality and an end to discrimination -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The United States outlawed major forms of discrimination against blacks and women, and ended racial segregation in the United States. -
Malcolm X
Malcolm Little was a vigorous campaigner for black rights, initially advocating the use of violence -
03/07/1965 Selma March
African American marched for civil rights in Selma, AL -
Bloody Sunday
Six hundred civil rights marchers were attacked by state and local police with billy clubs and tear gas. -
06/14/1965 Black Power
Was a political slogan used in the movement among Black Africans throughout the world, though primarily by African Americans in the United States. -
Stokely Carmichael
He was a preacher who preached Black power, separation of the races and violence to end racist practices in the United States, after beginning his crusade with non- violent protests and voter registration drives. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans in the U.S. were outlawed -
Black Panther Party
An African-American revolutionary left-wing organization working for the self-defense for black people during the Civil Rights Movement. -
Martine Luther King Jr.
A prominent American leader of the African-American civil rights movement who believed in nonviolence and was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
