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Plessy v. Ferguson
Homer Plessy got on a railroad car designed for whites only. He was only 1/8 the black and was required to sit in the colored car. He was arrested for refusing to move. -
Desegregation Of The Military
President Harry Truman desegregated the armed forces. NOT all of the presidents would support the Civil Rights movement. -
Brown V. Board Of Education
2nd grader Linda Brown attended black school in Topeka, Kansas which was farther than the white school. Seperate but not equal. Desegregation in schools. -
The Murder Of Emmitt Till
A 14-year-old African American was murdered after being accused of flirting with a white women. -
Montgomery Bus Boycotts
Rosa Parks refused to give up bus seat to a white person. Busses were desegregated from this. -
Brown v. Board Of Edu. 11
Supreme court ruled that all public schools must integrate "With all deliberated speed." Met with massive resistance in the south. -
Little Rock 9
Integration, National gov't was stronger than states rights... 9 colored students tried to go to an all-white high school. Schools were desegregated -
Malcom X
He was assassinated in 1965. He was a muslim ministrator and human rights activists. -
Sit-Ins
Started serving colored... They would sit where white usally would and would wait to be served but never did. -
Freedom Riders
Desegregated interstate bus faculties. People who rode interstate busses to segregated southern states. -
James Meredith
Integration and federalism. He attempted to enroll in an all white university (Ole Miss) -
Birmingham
JFK Proposes civil rights Bill, the Most segregated city in the south. 18 bombings occurred between 1957-1963. MLK Jr & SCLC hold marches and are arrested. -
March On Washington
demonstration to human dignity nonsegregated march. -
Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream" Speech
He delivered the speech at the 1963 March On Washington. Known as one of a signature moment of the CIvil War. -
Mississippi Freedom Summer
gave blacks right to vote -
Civil Right's Act Of 1964
it ended segregation in public places. Known as one of the greatest Legislative achievements but was first proposed by president John F. Kennedy. -
24th amendment
the rights of citizens of United States to vote in any primary or other election and not denied reason of failure to pay poll tax or other taxes. -
Jim Crow Laws
laws that enforced racial segregation in the southern United States -
March from Selma
Selma to montgomery lead to voters rights act. -
Martin Luther King's Assassination
happened in Memphis Tennessee which created a whole bunch of anger among black americans -
Boston Busing
The busses that carried african american students were abused by throwng things like eggs, rocks, and bricks.
