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Plessy v. Ferguson
The court decision that upheld constitutional racial segregation. -
NAACP
A civil rights organization that was created to fight prejudice. -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
A court decision that determined that racial segregation in schools was unconstitutional. -
Thurgood Marshall
The first black justice to be appointed to the supreme court. -
De Jure v. De Facto Segregation
Segregation be law (De jure) and Segregation be fact, i.e, predominately black neighborhoods (De facto) -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A civil rights protest where African Americans refused to ride the buses in order to protest segregated seating. -
Rosa Parks
A civil rights activist who refused to leave her bus seat for a white passenger. -
Emmett Till
Emmett Till was a young boy who was brutally murdered for catcalling a white women. -
Little Rock School Integration
A test run to show that segregated schools were unconstitutional. -
Civil Rights Sit-Ins
A series of sit-ins that protested segregation in public places. -
Malcolm X
Malcolm X was a minister, human rights, and a black nationalist leader who also served as a spokesperson for the nation of Islam. -
Freedom Rides
Bus trips through the south that protested segregated bus terminals. -
March on Washington
The gathering of 250,000 in Lincoln Memorial to protest jobs and freedom. This is also the gathering where Martin Luther King Jr gave his "I Have A Dream" Speech -
March on Birmingham, Alabama
Marches that protested integration in Alabama. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The act which ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination based race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
24th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax. -
March from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights
A series of Civil-Rights protests where protesters marched a 54-mile route from Selma to Montgomery in order to protest black voting rights. -
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
A baptist minster and Civil Rights leader and spokesperson. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
A law signed to overcome legal barriers at state and local levels that prevented black Americans from exercising their right to vote. -
Black Panther Party
A militant Black American group that often pushed for advancements of rights for black people. Active in the 1960s and 1970s -
Race Riots
A public outbreak of violence between two racial groups in a community.
