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Plessey vs. Ferguson
A landmark United States Supreme Court decision in the jurisprudence of the United States, upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal". -
Malcom X
Malcom X was an advocate. He was accused for preaching about racism and that blacks are superior. Malcom X was a very influencial person during History. He went to Saudi Arabia and he said if was life changing. -
James Meredith
James Howard Meredith was a writer and a civil rights activist. He tried getting into the University in Mississippi but was denied twice because he was black.He was later able to study there and graduated in 1964. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was also a Civil Rights Activist. She was arrested and accused of violating segregration laws after refusing to move for a white person. Rosa lost her job and was unable to get another one so, she and her husband moved to Virginia. Rosa Parks was awarded many hours for her courageous stand. She also has a library and museum dedicated to her in Alabama. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Brown vs. Board of Education made seperate public schools for white and African American students unconstitutional. Required seperate but equal segregated facilities for whites and blacks. It concluded in 9 votes for Brown and 0 against it. -
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall served 24 years in the U.S. supreme court. He was the first African American justice. Before he was a judge he was a lawyer in the victory in Brown v. Board of Education. He died when he was 84 in 1993. -
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery bus Boycott was a protest against segragations of buses. African American people decided to walk or drive and carpool instead of riding the bus. It lasted for over a year. The Supreme court finally ruled that it was unconstitutional for the buses to be segragated. -
The Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine was a group of students that were attending a white school.They had body guards that escourted them around everyday at school (Central High School). The little Rock Nine adopted a plan for gradual integration of blacks. -
SNCC
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee an organization of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s that lasted about 6 years. It was found by leaders of the sit-in protests.SNCC worked side by side wiht SCLC. -
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Sit-Ins
Starting with only 4 men the term "Sit-Ins" began. Sit-ins were when blacks would go into restaurants and simply sit there refusing to leave. They would pretend to study or be occupied and after a while they were on television. Others saw what they were doing and decided to join them. If whites were caught participating in a sit-in they were usually beaten. -
Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders were people that rode around on Buses to try to desegregate public transportation. In Alabama one of the buses was burned and in Birmingham dozens of whites attacked the riders. The riders kept going until they got to Mississippi where they had to face jail and beatings. -
Medgar Evers
Medgar Wiley Evers was born on July 2, 1925. He was a civil rights activist from Mississippi and he was one of the people that tried to overturn segregation of Mississippi. Later on he was part of the NAACP. -
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an activist and leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He is known for fighting for civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience. He also led the Montgomery Bus Boycott and was the President of the SCLC. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Freedom summer was when Black Mississippians and white volunteers faced harrassment and constant abuse from the Whites in Mississippi. The KKK also carried out a series of violent attacks. At least 3 civil rights activists were falsely accused and murdered. -
Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer (also known as the Mississippi Summer Project) was a campaign in the United States launched in June 1964 to attempt to register as many African American voters as possible in Mississippi, which had historically excluded most blacks from voting. The project also set up dozens of Freedom Schools, Freedom Houses, and community centers in small towns throughout Mississippi to aid the local black population. -
Fannie Lou Hamer
Fannie Lou Hamerwas born in Mississippi. She was the daughter of sharecroppers. She helped with organizing the Mississippi Freedom Summer. Fannie later helped found the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. She dedicated her life to right for civil rights. -
Black Panthers
The Black Panthers were an African American military party. They believed that Martin Luther King's campaign with non-violence had failed. They were willing to use violence in order to get whatever they wanted. -
Assassination Of Martin Luther King Jr.
April 4th, 1968 at 6:01 pm he was assassinated in Memphis Tennessee. He was shot in his face and neck. They announced his death at 7:05 pm the same day. James Ray,was arrested and charged for the crime of his assassination. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference ( SCLC )
SCLC was a significant participant in the Civil Rights Movement. Martin Luther King Junior was chosen as their spokesperson. People that were important in early SCLC efforts were Coretta Scott King, Ralph Abernathy, Joseph Lowery and Andrew Young. SCLC trained new political activists in nonviolent tactics. -
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People(NAACP)
N.A.A.C.P. was made to promote the rights of minorities. It was created by a group of both white and black people. NAACP is the nation's largest and oldest civil rights organizaiton. -
March on Washington
The march on Washinton was when hundreds of thousand of African American men gathered for a rally that was all day. It was organized by Louis Farrakhan. It was one of the most well attended rallies in history so it was considered the "high point" of the civil rights movement. During this march is when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his speech. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This Voting Rights Act banned racial discrimination in voting. Meaning that this enabled African Americans to register to vote! The 8 states that were affected in a major way by this are Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
