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Plessy v Ferguson
Provided separate equal accommodations for those who are white or are of colored race on railroads. It all started with Homer Plessy refusing to take a seatt in a Jim Crow car, which broke a Louisiana law. (http://goo.gl/yYYBSs) -
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Jackie Robinson
First African American MLB second baseman to play in the league in the modern era. He played first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 14 1947. He was also the first to have a letter four varsity sports: baseball, basketball, football and track. On top of that, he served in the U.S. Army from the period 1942 to 1944 and was honorably discharged after recieveing charges for not moving to the back of a segregated bus. (http://goo.gl/AQs2tF)(http://goo.gl/Rb3503) -
Congress of Racial Equality
One of the leading activist organizations in the early years of the American Civil Rights Movement. Began with embracing a non-violent approach to fighting segregation, but shifted its focus to the political ideology of nationalism and separatism. (http://goo.gl/wjM5dN) -
Sweatt v painter
Sweatt applied for admission to University of Texas Law School, which was illegal due to race laws. The big question was "Does the restriction of him being allowed to go to this school violate the 14th amendment?" (https://goo.gl/s997gl) -
Medger Evers
Became the first NAACP field secretary in 1951. He was a Civil Rights activist who worked the overturn segregation. (http://goo.gl/RaZrOv) -
Brown v Board of Education
Black children were being denied approval to public schools with white children because of laws requiring/ permitting racial segregation. The segregation in public schools had the effect of showing inferiority. (https://goo.gl/qXNIV2) -
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Brown v Board of Education
Black children were being denied approval to public schools with white children because of laws requiring/ permitting racial segregation. The segregation in public schools had the effect of showing inferiority. (https://goo.gl/qXNIV2) -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
Began on Rosa Parks' court hearing after she had refused to give up her bus seat on December 1st. The case remained open for 381 days. (http://goo.gl/9U9S70) -
"The Southern Manifesto"
Also known as Declaration of Constitutional Principles. Document that opposed racial integration publicly. (https://goo.gl/5RhCoc) -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
First major campaign that was founded by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. that led to the Civil Rights Movement. (http://goo.gl/b0s0YV) -
Little Rock-Central High School
National symbol of resistance against the desegregation. The officials began to dessegragrate in 1957 at Central High School, eventully exspanding to junior high by 1960. (http://goo.gl/f2L3Lv) -
Greensboro Sit-In
In an effort to stop segregation of colleges across the nation, four young black African American students started a sit-in, soon to be known as the Greensboro Sit-In of Greensboro, North Carolina. This sparked sit-ins to spread to colleges across the world. (http://goo.gl/jnmA2S) -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Similar to the group ran by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. set out to better represent and help those of a younger age. (http://goo.gl/n9oXho) -
Freedom Rides
Launched by a group of 13 black and white activists that gave free bus rides around the city to help stop segregation. (http://goo.gl/43NCzA) -
James Meredith
A civil rights leader/author who became the first African American to succeed in enrolling at the University of Mississippi. (http://goo.gl/WgqaZb) -
"Letters from Birmimgham Jail"
Letters written by Dr King to address those who had been judging the things the, and the SCLC had been doing. He wrote the letters to address their concerns. (http://goo.gl/M4SB44) -
March on Washington
March for jobs and freedom in Washington D.C.. 25,000 people attended and it was one of the first events to be covered extensively by television reporters. (http://goo.gl/GYwms) -
Bombing of Birmingham church
The bombing of a church in Birmingham, Alabama, killed 4 girls and injured many more. This church served as a meeting place for civil rights leaders and was mostly for black people. (http://goo.gl/uztPcy) -
24th Amendment
It didn't allow any poll tax in elections for federal officials. A poll tax is a fee that people had to pay in order to vote in a national election. (http://goo.gl/AQs2tF) -
Civil Rights Act passed
Designed to end segregation in public places and ban employment discrimination due to race, color, religion, sex or national origin. (http://goo.gl/9DMxEa) -
Mississippi Freedom Summer
Formed by CORE and SNCC to ultimately raise the number of voter registration. (http://goo.gl/n93FJq) -
Malcolm X assassinated
In New York City while speaking at a rally Malcolm X was shot by members of Islam on February 21,1965. (http://goo.gl/2nCkPv) -
Selma to Montgomery march
Martin Luther King led thousands of nonviolent demonstrators to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama. It was a long 5-day, 54-mile march from Selma, Alabama, where local African Americans, were campaigning for voting rights. (http://goo.gl/X7S7bV) -
Voting Rights Act approved
Amied to make it so African Americans can vote under the 15th amendement by President Lyndon Johnson. (http://goo.gl/rOj1L5) -
Black Panthers
A United States African American Militant party and amided to have self defense against the cops that were local. (http://goo.gl/AN2qd3) -
King assassination
Martin Luther King Jr. Was assassinated with a snipper in Tennessee at the age of 39. This started riots in more than 100 cities around the country. (http://goo.gl/VTZ8Sd)
