civil rights

  • plessy vs ferguson

    plessy vs ferguson

    segregation legalized, separate but equal
  • brown v. board of education of topeka

    brown v. board of education of topeka

    stating that separate schools for black and white kids is unconstitutional
  • Montgomery bus boycott

    Montgomery bus boycott

    NAACP organized a boycott of the Montgomery buses
  • little rock school integration

    little rock school integration

    nine African american students enrolled in a white school and prevented entering
  • the sit in

    the sit in

    sofar college students sat at a counter and refused service but still were allowed to sit
  • freedom rides

    freedom rides

    13 african americans left dc on a bus to bring attention to the supreme court ruling
  • march on Washington

    march on Washington

    Attracting 250000 people on a peaceful protest march.
  • march on Birmingham Alabama

    march on Birmingham Alabama

    civil rights protester starting hurting the protesters
  • civil rights act of 1964

    civil rights act of 1964

    outlawed discrimination of race,religion,sex or nationality
  • 24th amendment

    24th amendment

    got ride of the poll tax
  • voting rights act of 1965

    voting rights act of 1965

    it stated that it was wrong to deny any american the right to vote
  • race riots

    race riots

    mass violence,looting,and mobs
  • march to selma to Montgomery for voting rights

    march to selma to Montgomery for voting rights

    600 march to Montgomery in support of voting rights and stopped at a bridge and ending with 50 marchers wounded
  • de jure vs de facto segregation

    de jure vs de facto segregation

    blacks segregating themselves voluntarily