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Plessy Vs. Ferguson
A fixed/biased court case that highlighted the bad traits of racial segregation. The African American boy accused lost on a decision of 7-1. -
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
An African-American civil rights group of people who provide help and assurance to all African-Americans in need in the U.S. A major organization for African-Americans in the jim crow segregation ages. -
Brown Vs. Board of Education in Topeka
Ended racial school segregation by a court case. -
Thurgood Marshall
A supreme court justice and civil rights follower who helped stop the jim crow segregation laws. -
Emmit Till
A 14 year old African-American who was lynched because he was talking to a white women down south in a "rude" way. This event stirred up the civil rights movements. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
After the Rosa Parks incident, a boycott from African Americans towards the public bus system began. -
Rosa Parks
A NAACP officer who sat in a an all white bus who refused to give up her seat to a white person. -
Little Rock School Integration
9 African American boys who were allowed to enroll into a white high school. But the governor still tried to not let the kids into the school. -
The Sit-Ins
4 African American people who sat at a white only counter at a diner. They sat there to try to attack the current time social ideas about segregation. -
Freedom Rides
13 African Americans who started bus trips that went around the segregated south promoting racial equality. -
March on Birmingham, Alabama
Marked the beginning of many civil reforms like the public bus boycott and the sit-ins. Many of the white Southerners revolted violently on these reform attempts. -
March on Washington
200,000 people went to Washington D.C. to watch MLK's famous speech "I have a Dream" also promoting racial equality. -
MLK Jr.
An American baptist preacher who motivated and encouraged equal rights for all. Contributed to ending segregation. Also gave the March on Washington speech. -
24th Amendment
Prohibits federals to allow poll taxes in elections. -
Civil Rights act of 1964
Banned segregation in public places and also banned employment discrimination. -
Malcom X
Known as a black nationalist leader who promoted Islam, at the time Americans didn't approve. He eventually got assassinated. -
March from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights
A protest march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama demanding for African-American voting rights. There were many people infuriated about this. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Prior to this act, African Americans were very discriminated and weren't allowed to vote. But now since the act they're not allowed to be discriminated when voting is involved. -
De jure vs. De Facto segregation
De jure segregation is segregation by law, very unequal. But De Facto segregation is segregated but equal. -
Black Panther Party
The Black Panther Party helped protect minorities from the government, for example the African-Americans. -
Race Riots
In Detroit, living conditions for African-Americans were very poor, so they revolted demanding better living conditions and general better treatment.
