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Plessy vs. Ferguson
A case in which the Supreme Court ruled that segregation is legal. "Separate but equal." -
National Association for the Colored People (NAACP)
Civil Rights organization to fight the Jim Crow segregation. -
Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka
United States Supreme Court established that separate public schools for black and whites was unconstitutional. -
De jure vs. De Facto segregation
When segregation split into 2 different forms. De jure segregation is separation enforced by law. De Facto segregation is decided on individuals preferences. -
Emmett Till
Brutally murdered at the age of 14 for talking to a white woman. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A protest that segregation on public buses are unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks
A civil rights activist that refused to give up her seat to a white man on the bus--which started the Montgomery Bus Boycott march. She's known as the " the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of freedom movement". -
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
African American minister, activist, humanitarian, and leader of the nonviolent Civil Rights movement and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. -
Little Rock School Integration
Nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School and were prevented from a racially segregated school by the governor. -
The Sit-Ins
4 African American students sat down at a whites only restaurant. -
Race Riots
Mass racial violence towards all races. -
Freedom Rides
Activist rode interstate buses to the segregated South states. -
March On Washington
A large political rally for jobs, freedom, civil and economic rights for African Americans. -
March On Birmingham, Alabama
A movement organized by Southern Christian Leadership Conference to recognized the integration efforts of African Americans -
24th Amendment
Abolished the poll tax for all federal elections. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the united states that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, sex, or national origin. -
Malcolm X
American Muslim minister and human rights activist -
March from Selma to Montgomery for Voting Rights
Martin Luther Kings led thousands of nonviolent demonstrators for a 54 mile--from Selma to Montgomery march for voting rights -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Law signed to let African Americans vote. -
Black Panther
A party that believed in self-defense against the Jim Crow laws. -
Thurgood Marshall
The first African American that was the 96th Associate Justice in the Supreme Court of the United States. Also helped the Brown vs. Board of Education.
