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Plessy v. Ferguson
The Supreme Court ruled that separation of the races in public accommodations was legal, thus establishing the "separate but equal" doctrine. -
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
This was an organization put together to promote full racial equality -
Race Riots
White workers were furious when black workers were hired to replace them while on strike. -
Brown v. Board of Education
A case in which the Supreme Court ruled that "separate but equal" education for black & white students was unconstitutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
African-Americans started taking direct action to receive the rights that they were deserved. African-Americans refuse to ride the buses for 381 days. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to white man when asked by the bus driver. -
Emmett Till
A 14-year-old African American was accused of flirting with a white women. -
The sit-in
A form of demonstration used by African Americans to protest discrimination, in which the protesters sit downs in segregated business & refuse to leave until they are served. -
Freedom Rides
Civil Rights activist who rode buses through the South to challenge segregation. -
De Jure vs. De Facto Segregation
De Jure was racial separation established by law & De Facto was racial separation established by practice & custom, not by any law. -
March on Washington
More than 250,000 people march on Washington to demand immediate passage of the civil rights bill -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This was a law that banned discrimination on the basis of race, sex (gender), national origin, or religion in public places & most workplaces -
24th amendment
Abolition of Poll Taxes -
Votting Rights Act of 1965
A law that made it easier for African Americans to register to vote by eliminating discriminatory literacy tests & authorizing federal examiners to enroll voters denied at the local level. -
Malcolm X
He urged his people to fight back & take complete control over their communities. -
Black Panther Party
A militant African-American political organization formed by Huey Newton & Bobby Seale to fight police brutality & to provide services in the ghetto. -
March from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights
People marched from Selma to Montgomery to fight folr voting rights. -
Thurgood Marshall
He was the first African-American justice of Supreme Court.
