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Plessy v. Freguson
a court case where racism was made legal and the saying "separate but equal" was created. -
NAACP
association created for the rights and advancements of colored people. -
brown vs board of education and Thurgood marshall
court case that said separate schools for black and whites is unconstitutional. Thurgood Marshall -
de jure vs de facto segregation
De facto means a state of affairs that is true in fact, but that is not officially held up. In contrast, de jure means a state of affairs that is in line with law. -
Montgomery bus boycott/rosa parks
rosa parks didn't give up her seat on a bus for a white man and she got arrested, than martin Luther king Jr started the bus boycott -
civil rights movement and emmett till
in 1955 Emmett till a black 14 year old boy flirted with a cashier in money Mississippi. then later found toutrued and murdered by the girls father and son. they were proved innocent. this sparked the civil rights movement. -
little rock school integration
9 black students were put in a all white school. later having to be escorted by police. -
sit ins
African Americans would sit in restaurants that would not serve black people and wait for service. -
freedom riders
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States, in 1961 and subsequent years, in order to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court decisions Morgan v. Virginia -
march on washington
a march fighting for jobs and rights of African Americans. Martin Luther king Jr also gave a speech. -
march on Birmingham
a march used to bring attention too the mistreatment of African Americans in Birmingham. -
civil rights act of 1964
ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. this was all able to happen because of the leadership of Martin Luther King jr -
24th amendment
Abolished the poll tax for all federal elections. 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 -
voting rights act of 1965
law passed to over come legal barriers on African americans voting rights -
march from selma to montgomery
they were three marches from Selma to Montgomery raising awareness of black rights. -
black panther party and Malcom X
The Black Panther Party's core practice was its armed citizens' patrols to monitor the behavior of officers of the Oakland Police Department and challenge police brutality in Oakland, California. it was believed that there ideas came from Malcolm X to protect yourself and others by any means necessary. -
race riot
one of the bloodiest riots about the civil rights. took place in Detroit
