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Henry David Thoreau
In July 1846, there was an incident where Thoreau was arrested for not paying his taxes in protest to slavery. This inspired him to write his famous essay, “Civil Disobedience” which was originally called “Resistance to Civil Government” in 1849. This essay would inspire civil rights activist leaders around the world. -
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi's methods of civil disobedience were influential to the leaders of the civil rights movements all over the world, including Martin Luther King, Jr. His first act of civil disobedience was in 1893. -
Plessy vs Ferguson
Plessy vs Ferguson was a court case that said people were separate but equal. -
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
The NAACP was founded New York City. -
Asa Randolph
Asa Randolph was a civil rights leader and an important part of the American labor movement. He organized the first mostly African American labor union. -
Brown vs Board of Education
It was a supreme court case which declared a state law establishing separate schools for black and white students. -
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King was a baptist minister and the most visible leader/activist in the civil rights movement. -
Emmett Till
Emmett Till was a young boy (14) when he was lynched after a white women said she was offended by him. He became an icon of the civil rights movement after his death. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist who is best known for her important role in the Montgomery Bus Boy Cott. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
It was a protest campaign against racial segregation on the public bus system in Montgomery, Alabama. It was an event in the civil right movement. -
Little Rock School Integration
It was a group of nine black kids who enrolled in a all white school in Little Rock, Arkansas. The attendance of those nine kids was a test of Brown v. Board of Education. -
The Sit-ins
the sit-ins happened during the civil rights movement and it was a way to protest. -
Freedom Rides
The Freedom Rides were people who rode the interstate buses into the southern segregated parts of the united states. -
March on Birmingham
This march was to bring attention interrogation efforts of African Americans. -
March on Washington
It was a march for people's jobs and freedom. -
24th Amendment
The 24th Amendment does not allow congress and the states to put a condition on the right to vote in federal elections with a poll tax or other types of tax. -
civil rights act of 1964
This act ended segregation in public places. It also banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion. -
Race Riots
It was about police brutality against blacks. It happened in major city's. -
De jure vs De facto segregation
It was racial segregation in schools -
Malcolm X
Malcolm X was a Muslim minister and human rights activist. -
March from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights
Martin Luther King led thousands of people to Selma to Montgomery Alabama. It took them 5 days. It was 54 miles to Montgomery. It was a civil right protest. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
It gave the right for colored people to vote. -
Black Panther Party
The Black Panther Party was a political organization founded by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton in October 1966 in Oakland, California. -
Thurgood Marshall
He was the first African American supreme court justice. He was a judge from October 1967 till October 1991.
