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1955 BCE
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The boycott of public buses by blacks in Montgomery began on the day of Parks court hearing and lasted about 381 days. -
1896 BCE
Plessy v. Ferguson
The decision established the doctrine of "separate but equal" which allows states to maintain segregated facilities for blacks and whites as long as they provided equal service.The decision permitted legalized racial segregation for almost 60 years. -
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People(NAACP)
African American civil rights organization in the United States formed in 1909 by Moorfield Storey -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Charged the bored of education of Topeka, Kansas, with violating Linda right by denying her admission to an all white elementary school four blocks from her house. -
Thurgood Marshall
Won Brown vs. Board Education -
Emmett Till
Lynched in Mississippi for flirting with white women. -
Rosa Parks
Stuck up for Civil Rights and wouldn't move to the back of the bus. -
Little Rock School Integration
African American students who had volunteered to integrate little Rocks Central High School as the first step in Blossoms plan. -
The sit-Ins
4 black students sit at lunch coiner at Woolworth. -
Malcolm X
Leaders voice of Civil Rights Radicalized wing, alternative to MLK. -
Freedom Rides
segregaton was illegal on interstate facilities and terminals. -
March on Washington
200,000 march for jobs freedom MLK "i have a dream" -
De jure vs. De Facto segregation
Defact segregation by social custom -
Civil Rights of 1964
outlaw discrimination based on race, color sex, religion or native origin. -
24th amendment
prohibits poll tax elections. If black you gotta pay to vote. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
prohibits racial discrimination and voting. -
March from selma to Montgomery for voting rights
over black right to vote. Marched for black right to vote. -
Race Riots
a black motorist was pulled over by white cop for DUI. Arrested and people protested. -
Black Panther Party
Black Panther Party practiced militant self-defense of minority communities against the U.S. government. -
Dr. Martin Luther Kings Jr./Gandhi/Thoreau/Randolph
MLk- leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
Gandhi-Gandhi was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement.
Thoreau- Thoreau was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist and naturalist.
Randolph-played a crucial role in gaining recognition of African Americans in labor organizations.
