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Plessy v. Ferguson
A supreme court case that ruled that the separation of races was legal and did not violate the 14th amendment.(Thur good Marshall -
Race riots
he rioting began among youths at Belle Isle Park on June 20, 1943; it was exacerbated by false rumors of stereotypical attacks in both communities, and continued until June 22, after 6,000 federal troops were ordered in to restore peace. Malcolm X -
Brown vs Board of education
supreme court passing laws saying the schools were seperate but equal facilities -
Montgomery Bus boycott
Blacks boycotting buses due to unequal seating laws(Rosa Parks) -
Little rock school integragation
Nine black students enrolled in central high. an all white school in little rock Arkansas. Eisenhower sent troops to help them complete a full day of school -
The sit-ins
Blacks sitting at the dinning tables in restaurant being arrested for sitting at a table and beaten -
Freedom rides
were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961(Rosa Parks) -
March on washington
On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C., for a political rally known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.(MLK) -
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.(MLK) -
Civil rights act of 1964
that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.[6] It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public (emit till) -
Voting rights act of 1965
A law passed at the time of the civil rights movement. It eliminated various devices, such as literacy tests, that had traditionally been used to restrict voting by black people. -
March on Birmingham alabama
MLK led a non violent march in Birmingham alabama -
March from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights
Attempting to march peacefully from the small town of Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, the state capital, to protest a brutal murder and the denial of their constitutional right to vote (MLK) -
de jure vs de facto segregation
de facto segregation (segregation that existed because of the voluntary associations and neighborhoods) and de jure segregation (segregation that existed because of local laws that mandated the segregation)
