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Plessy v Fergusson
The Plessy v Fergusson was a landmark supreme court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the " separate but equal" doctrine. Plessy was one eighths African and seven eighths Caucasian and sat in an all white train car after refusing to leave his seat he was arrested.(https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/plessy-v-ferguson) -
Rosa Parks/Montgomery bus boycott
sparked by the arrest of Rosa Parks on December 1 1955, the montgomery bus boycott was a 13-Month non-violent protest that ended with the supreme court stating that segregation on pubic buses is unconstitutional and allowed blacks and whites to be in the same section on the bus, this all started because Rosa parks didn't want to give up her seat on the bus for a white man and she got arrested for it. (https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/montgomery-bus-boycott) -
Civil Rights act of 1964
"The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin, is considered one of the crowning legislative achievements of the civil rights movement." this helped blacks get there civil rights and to be considered equal to whites and allowed them there right to vote and allowed them to get jobs and etc.(https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-act) -
Loving v Virginia
"Loving v. Virginia was a Supreme Court case that struck down state laws banning interracial marriage in the United States." this allowed whites and blacks to marry and prevented any other law to be created that prevents interracial marriage between two different races.
