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National Association for Advancement of Colored people
Its a african american civil rights organization. Was invented to end racial conflicts. -
Plessy v. Fergusonn
Plessy v. Fergusonn was a supreme court regarding segregation laws."seperate but eqaul" -
race riots
Started by drowning a tennage african american who had crossed a invisible segregation line. -
Brown v. Board of education of Topeka
A supreme court rule that stated education for black and white students was unconstitutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This event went on for a while but started on december 1st when rosa parks refused to move for a white person. She was arrested for this, E.D Nixon leader of the african american community suggested a bus boycott. -
Rosa Parks
She was a civil rights activist. She refused to give up her seat in the bus to a white person for this she was arrested but she started the wheels to turn for civil rights. -
Little Rock School Integration
Many riots were happening between whites and blacks so President Eisenhower decides to send 9 black students to Little rock school a all white school. They were kicked out the first time so eisenhower has troops go over and be with them everyday in school guiding them to each class. -
The sit-ins
This is when one or more people argue for a area to protest.Often to promote political, social or economic change. -
Freedom rides
One of the activists who rode buses through the south to challenge segregation. -
De Jure vs.De Fact segregation
racial segregation by practice and custom not by law. Afican Americans moved to the north to the cities. This started white fights and many whites moved out of the cities. -
March on Washingstopn
This was for jobs and freedom. 250000 pople marched for cival rights. -
March on Brimingham, Alabama
This was organized by the southern christian leadership conference. A march by 1000 african american students into downtown birmingham. -
Civil Rights act of 1964
A law that banned discrimination in housing. -
24th admendment
This prohibits congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote. This amendement eliminated poll tax. -
voting Rights Act of 1965
this right prohibits racial discrimination in voting. -
March from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights
Martin Luther King jr lets 1000s of african americans to montgomery.After a 5 day, 54 mile march. -
Malcolm X
He was a american muslim minister and a human rights activist. -
Black Panther Party
They fought police brutality in the ghetto. They dressed in black leather coats, berets and sunglasses. They knew lots of self defence and sold copies of writings of Mao Zedong. -
Thurgood Marshell
He was a associate justice of the supreme court. He was a giant in the civil rights movement. -
Dr.Martin Luther Kings jr./Gandi/Thoreau/Randolph
Martin was a baptist minister activist. and was the leader in the cival rights movement. Gandi was the leader of independence in india from the british. Thoreau was a american author, poet, naturalist. Randolph wrote many books.
