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Sweatt v Painter
US Supreme Court case that challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine of racial segregation -
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Brown v Board of Education
Supreme Court decision that overturned the Plessy vs. Ferguson decision led by Chief Justice Earl Warren, the Court ruled that "separate but equal" schools for blacks were inherently unequal and thus unconstitutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
it was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit -
Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
act established the Civil Rights of the Justice Department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain court injunctions against interference with the right to be able to vote -
Greensboro Four
were a series of nonviolent protests in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960, which led to the Woolworth department store chain removing its policy of racial segregation in the Southern United States. -
Affirmative Action
an action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination, especially in relation to employment or education; positive discrimination. -
March on Washington
civil rights leaders organized a massive rally in Washington to urge passage of President Kennedy's civil rights bill there was a high point when mlk gave his i have a dream speach -
March on Birmingham
movement organized in early 1963 by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to bring attention to the integration -
Freedom Summer
it was a campaign for volunteers it was an attempt to register as many African american voters -
24th Amendment
. A poll tax was a tax of anywhere from one to a few dollars that had to be paid annually by each voter in order to be able to cast a vote -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
segregation in public places and banned job discrimination on the color religion sex or national origin is considered one of the crowning legislative achievements of the civil rights movement -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote as guaranteed under the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. -
March on Selma