-
Plessy v Ferguson
This court case made racism legal by approving separate but equal facilities -
NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was an instrumental organization in the 20th century for Black Rights. -
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka
A case in which the supreme court ruled that "separate but equal" education between white and black students was unconstitutional -
Emit Till
A young African American who was assassinated by White Americans in Mississippi for flirting with a white girl. -
Rosa Parks
Ignited the Montgomery Bus Boycott by not getting out of her seat for a white man on a Montgomery bus. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A boycott of public buses by blacks in Montgomery began on the day of Parks' court hearing and lasted 381 days. -
Thurgood Marshall
Won the case of Brown v Board of Education of Topeka court case. He dedicated his life to fighting racism and removing segregation with the NAACP -
Little Rock School Integration
Governor of Little Rock, Arkansas declared that the integration of African Americans in Central High School was illegal. Army was involved in protecting both sides, but eventually integration occured -
The Sit-Ins
African Americans protesting by sitting in local areas with white Americans -
Freedom Rides
Civil Rights activists protested non-enforcement by riding buses into the south -
De jure vs De Facto segrgation
De jure segregation is "segregation by law", such as "Separate but equal", while De Facto segregation is "segregation by practice", such as African Americans voluntarily separating themselves -
March on Washington
more than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C., for a political rally known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom -
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr./Gandhi/Thoreau/Randolph
African American minister who led the Black Rights movement in the 1950-60s. Made the "I Have a Dream Speech". Inspired by historic transcendentalists. -
24th Amendment
Prohibited any poll tax in elections for federal officials. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Law banned discrimination on basis of race, sex, national origin, or religion. -
Malcolm X
Originally born Malcolm Little, he changed his last name to show his nonacceptance of his slave name. He was an American Muslim minister and black rights activist. Assassinated by Islamic people -
March From Selma to Montgomery for Voting Rights
Martin Luther King led thousands of nonviolent demonstrators to the steps of the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, after a 5-day, 54-mile march from Selma, Alabama, where local African Americans had been campaigning for voting rights -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Made it easier for African Americans to register to vote by eliminating discriminatory literacy tests and authorizing federal examiners to enroll voters denied at the local level -
Race Riots
Riots consisting of African Americans and White Americans fighting for segregation laws and equality between races. -
Black Panther Party
A revolutionary black nationalist and socialist organization active in the United States -
March on Birmingham, Alabama
It was the beginning of a series of lunch counter sit-ins, marches on City Hall and boycotts on downtown merchants to protest segregation laws in the city.
