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Plessy V. Ferguson
Supreme court ruled in Plessy V. Ferguson that segregation was legal, as long was each race was given separate but equal facilities -
Race Riots
A public outbreak of violence that occurred in Chicago -
Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka
A unanimous court said that segregation was unconstitutional in schools. Segregated schools violated the 14th amendment which states Americans have equal protection under the law. -
De jure vs. De Facto segregation
De jure segregation is separation by law. De facto segregation is separation because of tradition or out of practice. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A bright spot in the civil rights movement, which produced an organization, leader, and a technique. -
Little Rock School Integration
A group of African American students joined Little Rock Elementary School after the Brown V. Board of Education court case declared segregated schools unconstitutional. -
The Sit-ins
Joseph McNeil bought items at a segregated store then proceeded to sit down at the lunch counter and ordered coffee. This became a movement and spread throughout the south. -
Freedom Rides
Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern U.S. in order to show that segregated public buses are unconstitutional. (Rosa Parks was a freedom rider) -
March on Birmingham, Alabama
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March on Washington
The climax of the nonviolent campaign for civil rights, where about 200,000 people gathered in the nations capital, because they wanted federal civil rights. -
24th Amendment
prohibited poll taxes in elections for federal officials. -
Civil Rights Act
Ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination -
March from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights
Martin Luther King led Thousands of nonviolent demonstrators To the capital in Montgomery, Alabama where African Americans had been campaigning for their voting rights. -
Voting Rights Act
Aimed to overcome barriers that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th amendment of the Constitution. -
Black Panther Party
The Black Panther party was an organization of black nationalists in the U.S. This party wax inspired by an organization that Malcom X created called the 10 point program. -
Thurgood Marshall significance
Thurgood Marshall was a Civil Rights activist who was also a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People(NAACP). He was the first African American Justice of the supreme court after fighting for Civil Rights.
