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Ku Klux Klan
Founded by 6 Confederate veterans in Tennessee in 1866. Violent terrorist organization whose goals were to destroy Republican Party, throw out Reconstruction governments, and aid planter class in controlling laborers. Used fear, violence, brutality. -
14th amendment
provided equal protection under the law -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
The U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the racist policy of segregation by legalizing “separate but equal” facilities for blacks and whites. -
NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded in response to lynchings and riots in 1909. -
UNIA
Black nationalist fraternal organization. Founded by Marcus Garvey -
Malcom X
Malcolm X was a civil rights leader who believed in achieving equality through any means, even violence. He was part of the Nation of Islam. -
Jackie Robinson plays in the MLB
Jackie Robinson reached a milestone in the civil rights movement by becoming the first black baseball player. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimous decision that overturned the “separate but equal” doctrine in public schools. -
Emmet Till is murdered
Emmett Till was murdered in Money, Mississippi. -
Rosa Parks arrested
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery City Bus and was arrested. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott begins. -
SCLC
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference dates back to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Leaders of the civil rights movement met to organize specific movements. -
Little rock 9
The Little Rock 9 enter Central High School as federal troops oversee the situation sent by President Eisenhower. -
4 Students lunch table
4 black college students sat at an all-white lunch counter and started a sit-in protest at a Woolworth’s store. -
SNCC
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, or SNCC, was formed in 1960 to help students take part in nonviolent acts to stop segregation. -
Freedom Riders
Freedom riders begin a bus ride through the South to protest segregation. -
Birmingham Campain
Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in Birmingham protesting in the “most segregated city in America.” -
Bull Conner
Major of Alabama and sprayed people with hoses and had attack dogs -
March on Washington
More than 250,000 people, march on Washington to demand immediate passage of the civil rights bill -
Earl Warren
Supreme court chief justice that convinced his fellow justices to declare unanimously that segregated public schools were inherently unequal -
Civil Rights Law
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the premier legislation for Civil Rights into law. -
Bloody Sunday
A march from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights begins. -
Voting Rights Act
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law outlawing literacy tests. -
MLK Assassinated
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis. -
Black Panthers
Huey Newton & Bobby Seale founded the “Black Power” political group known as the Black Panthers.
