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Plessy v. Ferguson
A legal case ruled that the segregation of race in public accommodations was legal -
National Association for the Advancment of Colored People (NAACP)
Aimed for nothing less than full equality among the races -
Thurgood Marshall
He was the lawyer for Brown in the courtcase against the board of education -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Denying Linda Brown to attend an all-white elementary school four blocks from her house, the nearest all-black elementary school was 21 blocks away -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
For 381 days African Americans refused to ride the buses in Montgomery -
Rosa Parks
She was the first African American woman to stand up for African American rights -
Emmett Till
His death shocked the nation and provided a catalyst for the emerging civil rights movement -
Little Rock School Integration
Nine African American students who volunteered integrate Little Rock's Central High School -
The Sit-Ins
A form of demonstration used by African Americans to protest discrimination, in which they would sit down in a segregated business until they got served -
De jure vs. De Facto segregation
De Jure is segregation by law and De Facto is segregation that exists by practice and customs -
Freedom Rides
Civil rights activists who rode buses through the South in the early 60's to challenge segregation -
March on Birmingham, Alabama
More than a thousand African Americans children marched Birmingham, police arrested 959 of them -
March on Washington
More than 250,000 people converged on the nations capital, they marched to the Lincoln Memorial. Martin Luther King Jr. said his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. -
Dr. Martin Luther Kings Jr.
Where he gave his famous "I have a dream" speech, it changed the perspectives of others at that time and even now. -
24th Amendment
Prohibited requiring a poll tax voters in federal elections -
Malcom X
His controversial statements called attention from many white people and modest African Americans, also it received awakened resentment in some other membes of the nation of Islam -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
A law that banned discrimination on the basis of race, sex, national origin, or religion in public places and most work places -
March from Selma to Montgomery
On March 7th, 600 protests set out Montgomery the police beat them up as the nation watched as it was filmed. On March 21st , 3,000 marchers set off again but this time with federal protection. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
A law that made it easier for African Americans to register to vote by eliminating discriminatory literacy tests -
Race Riots
One of the worst race riots happened in Watts, a predominantly African American neighborhood in Los Angeles. 34 people were killed and millions of dollars worth of property was destroyed -
Black Panthers Party
A militant African-American political organization to fight police brutality and to provide services in the ghetto
