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Brown v. Board Education of Topeka Kansas
The court declared state laws establishing seperate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. -
Montgopmoy Bus Boycott
Instigated by Rose Parks refusal to move to the back of the bus when demanded to by white male on bus. Was a polital and social protest campaign againts the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system in Mongomery Alabama. Encouraged by Martin Luther King Jr. to avoid nonviolent confrentations. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Established the Civil Rights Division in the Justice Department, and empowered federal officals to prosecute individuals that conspired to deny another citizens right to vote. Signaled grwoing federal commitment to the cause of Civil Rights. -
SNCC
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Leaders of the "sit-in protest" movement. Fought for Civil Rights in nonviolent forms of protest. -
Freedom Ride
Civil Rights activists who rode interstate buses into segregated Southern United States to challenge the non-enforcment system of the US court. -
March on Washington
Large political rally in Washington D.C. Purpose was to protest unequal treatment in working world. Where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have A Dream" speech. -
Nation of Islam
While in prison, Malcolm X became a covert to the Nation of Islam. This was a religious group that demanded seperation of sexes. After his release, he became a prominent minister for them, and seemed to give up on the acceptence of whites. -
24th Ammendment
Banned poll tax that hed previously kept a large amount of African Americans from voting. -
Freedokm Summer
1,000 volunteers, mostly black and white students, flooded to Mississippi to regiester Blacks to vote. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the US that outlawed major form of discrimination againts racial, ethnic, national, and religious minorities, and women. Guarenteed all citizans equal protection of the laws under the 14th ammendment, Earl Warren, the comissioner of California, pressed largy for these issues and eventually succeeded. -
Voting Rights Act
Banned literacy tests and empowered the federal government to oversee voter registration and elections that had discriminated againts minoirities. -
Black Power
Black Power was meant to encourage blacks to use their political and economic muscle to gain equality. Yet many took it as a threat after people were shouting it during the March Againts Fear. -
Black Panthers
Huey Newton and Bobby Seale formed the Black Panther Party. It became the symbol for young militant African Americans. Created antipoverty programs and armed people againts police brutality. But it often led to violent confrentations. -
Kerner Comissions
Established by PResident Johnson, concluded that long-term racial discrimination stood as the single most important cause for violence. Recomended aming programs to assist African American ghettos.
