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Plessy vs. Ferguson
The court case that legalized racism and created the separate but equal belief. -
Emmett Till
An African American boy who was lynched for flirting with a white woman. -
NAACP
A major civil rights organization still around today. -
Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka
Court case that proved segregated education is unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks
Civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat to a white passenger and spurred the Montgomery bus boycott. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A boycott of public buses by African Americans because of the arrest of Rosa Parks and many like her. -
Little Rock School Integration
Little Rock integrated its high school with many protesters against it Eisenhower called in the national guard to protect them. -
The Sit-Ins
When protesters made up of mainly students protested by sitting at white only lunch counters and restaurants. -
De Jure vs. De Facto Segregation
Two different types of ideals where jure is justified by law and facto is based on common belief but not ordained by law. -
Freedom Rides
Civil rights activists rode interstate buses into the south to challenge non-enforcement. -
March on Birmingham, Alabama
A movement in Birmingham made up of sit-ins, boycotts, and marches on city hall to protest segregation. -
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Civil rights leader who showed people how to fight the injustice of segregation through non-violent protest. -
March on Washington
One of the largest political rallies in US history, where MLK spoke at the Lincoln memorial for equal rights. -
24th Amendment
Prohibited Congress or states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax. -
Thurgood Marshall
The first African American Supreme Court justice and was instrumental in ending legal segregation. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Piece of legislation that outlawed discrimination based on race, religion, or sex. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
An act passed by Johnson to allow African Americans to vote freely. -
March from Selma to Montgomery
MLK led thousands of protesters to the capital of Montgomery to protest for voting rights. -
Black Panther Party
Revolutionary black nationalist organization active during the civil rights movement. -
Race Riots
Riots occurred all over the US because of the injustice African Americans were experiencing. -
Malcolm X
A very radical civil rights leader who thought the use of force was not out of the question shown by his speech "The Ballot or the Bullet".
