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Plessy v. Ferguson
The court case that ruled everyone is separate but equal. Separation of races was considered okay and this led to the start of racism. -
NAACP
NAACP- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The only goal this group had was full equality among the races. -
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall dedicated his life to fighting racism. His best victory was Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka which led to interracial schools. -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
An African-American family wanted to send their daughter to an all-white school. Rights were violated when they said she couldn't go so she ended up going to the all-white school. -
Emmett Till
14 year old boy Emmett Till flirted with a white cashier, and the white men were not happy with him, so they kidnapped him and killed him. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks led to the movement of just about everything. On this date, she sat down on a bus in a whites only section and didn't give up her seat. She was arrested, but after her arrest, many things led to another, and now everyone has equal rights. -
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
MLK is the most popularly known civil rights activists their was. One of the many things he did was the walk for justice. He got about 15,000 to start and go out on a mission to give equal rights. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Jo Robinson sent a letter to the mayor of Montgomery to no longer enforce the "colored" section of the bus. The mayor refused and this led to the boycotting of buses in Montgomery. -
Little Rock School Integration
Nine African American students were admitted into Little Rock's Central High School, the first 9 to do so. -
The Sit-ins
4 African Americans sat down at a lunch counter in North Carolina -
Freedom Rides
Civil rights activists took buses to the south to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court. -
March on Alabama
People marched to Birmingham for voting rights. -
March on Washington
250,000 people arrived at the nations capital to listen to the speakers about the passing of the civil rights bill. -
24th Amendment
Prohibited any poll tax in elections for federal officers. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Prohibited discrimination because of race, religion, national origin, and gender. -
Malcolm X
Malcolm X was another civil rights activists, who came from prison. "If you think we are here to tell you to love the white man, you have come o the wrong place." -Malcom X -
March from Selma to Montgomery
The SCLC made a major voting rights campaign in Selma, Alabama. Jimmy Lee Jackson was shot and killed so MLK said to these people to go on a 50-mile protest, which they did. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This act ended the illiteracy tests needed to be taken before voting. This eliminated many voters. -
Race Riots
Race riots were between different races (Ex. Whites against Blacks). On this day, the worse race riot of them all occurred in Harlem. 34 African Americans were killed and hundreds of millions of dollars worth of property was destroyed. -
De jure vs. De Facto Segregation
De facto was a problem in the north that existed by practice and custom. De jure was segregation by law. -
Black Panther Party
Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded this party to fight police brutality in the ghetto
