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Plessy vs. Ferguson
Everyone is separate but equal, guaranteed equal treatment under the law. -
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
A diverse group of people like whites, blacks, and jews founded the NAACP to fight for civil rights. -
The Sit-ins
African American protesters sat down at restaurants and refused to leave until they were served. -
Malcolm X
Malcolm X was the leader of the Black Muslim group and followed in MLKs footsteps by using nonviolence to achieve his goal. Became an Islamic minister in 1952 -
Brown vs. Board of Education
It was a Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional. -
Thurgood Marshall
He was a counsel person in the NAACP and was the lawyer who won the Brown vs. Board of edu. case. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa parks is most famous for refusing to give up her seat on the bus which started the bus boycott. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
African Americans avoided all the buses because they were forced to sit in the back for 11 months and eventually they won and could sit wherever. Started because of Rosa Parks. -
Emmett Till
Till was a 14 year old boy who was killed brutally for flirting with a white girl. Was visiting his cousins in Mississippi and is actually from Chicago. Died in 1955 -
Little Rock school Integration
They wanted segregation in schools even though it was illegal and it forced president Eisenhower to act. Soldiers forced to walk with black kids. -
De Facto vs. De Jure Segregation
De Facto was segregation that exists by practice and custom.
De Jure was segregation by law because you would need to change peoples minds to change the law. -
Freedom Rides
They were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961 -
March on Birmingham, Alabama
The march wanted to bring national attention of the efforts of local black leaders to desegregate public facilities in Birmingham. -
March on Washington
Important because it made JFK initiate a strong federal civil rights bill. MLK gave his I have a drea speech here. -
Martin Luther Kin Jr.
He was arguably the most important person in the Civil Rights. He delivered his famous speech I Have A Dream during the march on Washington which made JFK do something. -
24th Amendment
Got rid of the poll tax when people voted. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
prohibited discrimination because of race, religion, national origin, and gender -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This act got rid of the literacy tests that made most people not able to vote. -
March from Selma to Montgomery for Voting Rights
Marchers fought for the right to carry their protest and for the right to vote. -
Black Panther Party
The original purpose of the party was to patrol African American neighborhoods to protect residents from violent acts. -
Race Riots
Race riots and violent clashes began to take over in over 100 cities
