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Thoreau
In 1845 Thoreau began his famous two-year stay on walden pond, which he wrote his master work, Walden. Theodore stopped paying his taxes in protest against slavery. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
In 1896, in Plessy v. Ferguson, the supreme court ruled that the separation of races in public accommodations was legal and did not violate the 14 amendment. -
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social. and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination. -
Gandhi
Gandhi led india to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Gandhi's role was to provided a nonviolent philosophy of passive resistance. -
Race Riots
Detroit Race Riots lasted for three days before thousands of Federal troops were called in to establish control. It was exacerbated by false rumors of stereotypical attacks in both communities. -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a landmark united states supreme court case in which the court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white kids to be unconstitutional. -
De jure vs. De Facto segregation
De jure segregation was a segregation that existed because of the voluntary associations and neighborhood. The De Facto segregation existed because of local laws the mandated the segregation. -
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood marshall was an associate justice of the supreme court of the united state serving from october 1967 until october 1991. Before becoming a judge, Marshall was a lawyer who was best known for his high success rate in arguing before the supreme court and for the victory in Brown v. board of education and decision that desegregated public schools. -
Mongomery Bus Boycott
Mongomery Bus Boycott is when African americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama to protest segregated seating, and is regarded as the first large-scale demonstration against segregation in the U.S. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks played a big park in the montgomery bus boycott she refused to give up her seat in the colored section to a white passenger. she became an international icon of resistance to racial segregation. -
Emmett Till
Emmett Till was an african american tennager who was lynched in mississippi at the age of 14 for flirting with a white women. His murder galvanized the emerging civil rights movement. -
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the (SCLC) in 1957, serving as its first president. -
Little Rock School of Integration
Little Rock School of Integration was a situation where a white mob gathered outside of the school and protested against letting african americans into the school. -
The Sit-ins
The Sit-ins is when four black students from North Carolina A&T college sat down at a woolworth lunch counter in downtown greensboro, North Carolina. -
Freedom Rides
Freedom Rides were civil rights activities who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United states in 1961. -
March on Washington
March on Washington was successful in pressing in pressuring the administration of john f. Kennedy to initiate a strong federal civil rights bill in congress. -
March on Birmingham, Alabama
The March on Birmingham, Alabama was a movement organized in early 1963 by the southern christian leadership conference to bring attention to the integration efforts of African american in Birmingham. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the united states that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
24th amendment
The united states ratified the 24th amendment to the constitution, prohibiting any poll tax in elections for federal officials. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Voting Rights Act of 1965 aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented african americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15 amendment. -
March from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights
March from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights was a horrible thing it was african american men and women being beaten with billy clubs in a cloud of tear gas. Attempting to march peacefully form the small town called Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery. -
Malcolm x
Malcolm x was an american muslim minister and human rights activist. He was a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks. malcolm x challenge the mainstream civil rights movement and the nonviolent pursuit of integration championed by Martin Luther King Jr. -
Black Panther Party
Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the black panther party for Self-Defence. The Panthers practiced militant self-defence of minority communities against the U.S. government and fought to establish revolutionary socialism. -
Randolph
Randolph tried to unionize African-American shipyard workers and elevator operators, and co-launched a magazine designed to encourage demand for higher wages. He also played a big part in the 1963 march on washington.
