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Plessy vs. Ferguson
It required segregation for African Americans and whites. Blacks had to have separate but equal facilities. -
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
It is an organization for the advancement of colored people in the US. It has been helping people for over 100 years. It fights for equal rights for colored people -
Brown vs Board of Education
It was a supreme court case that declared that colored people and white people should be in the same schools. It overturned the ruling of Plessy vs Ferguson. -
Emmett Till
He was a 14 year old boy who went south for vacation. He talked to a white girl and her husband saw it. The next day he went missing and then they found his body a couple days later. -
Rosa Parks
She was a very brave woman in the south that stood up for herself against discrimination. She refused to give up her seat on a white bus and was arrested for it. It is famous because it is the start of a revolution. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus because a white man wanted it. The boycott of public buses began on the day of her trial and lasted 381 days. -
Little Rock School Integration
It was a group of nine African American students enrolled at Little Rock Central HS. At first the governor did not allow them but then president Eisenhower stepped in and allowed them to go there for school. -
The Sit-ins
Four white college students in North Carolina walked in and sat at a whites only lunch counter and ate with them. This started the sit-in movement where Blacks would go and sit in at white only places. -
De jure vs De Facto segregation
De Facto segregation happened when it was voluntary and people did them because they chose to do it. De jure was when local laws mandated segregation. -
Freedom Rides
they were African Americans who rode buses in to the south to challenge the segregation laws in the south. The south had ignored the rulings and still was segregated so blacks decided to protest by riding buses to the south. -
March on Birmingham, Alabama
Marched to Birmingham to bring attention to integration effort in the south. It was a very racially divided city in the south that ignored the newly passed laws of equal rights. -
March on Washington
Thousand of protesters marched to Washington demanding equal rights. The day after Martin Luther King gave the "I have a dream" speech. -
24th Amendment
Before the 24th amendment people who voted had to pay a tax. This discouraged poorer people not to vote. The 24th amendment made it illegal to charge any tax to vote. This encouraged more people to vote and voter turn out increased. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
It outlawed discrimination and ended unequal application of voter registration. Enforced African Americans right to vote. -
Malcolm X
He was an American Muslim and preached for African Americans. He protested for Blacks and was called one of the most influential people for Blacks. -
March from Selma to Montgomery
In 1965 blacks marched from Selma to Montgomery for their rights to vote. In the south they still didn't have the right to vote. Southern states had passed discriminatory laws where blacks couldn't vote even though they had that right. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
A law signed by President Johnson to help overcome barriers in state and local governments. Helped Blacks vote on their own and didn't get wronged by local governments. -
Black Panther Party
It was a group of people who practiced self defense for minorities. It gave minorities proper self defense skills and made them stand up for themselves. It organized large protests for minorities and community based programs. -
Race Riots
During this time many race riots had broken out in cities all over America. In 1967 Detroit riots were brutal and 43 people died over 5 days in the summer. -
First African American Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Mashall was the supreme courts first African American judge. He was a judge at first and had a very successful career before the supreme court. -
Martin Luther King Jr
He was a American Baptist minister from Georgia. He led the marches of Washington and Birmingham. And gave one of the most famous speeches in history, the "I have a Dream." He was sadly assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.
