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Plessy v. Ferguson
Court Case that went through to the Supreme Court and legalized Racism. -
Thurgood Marshall
A Supreme Court Justice. Greatest achievement was winning the Brown vs. Board of Education case. -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Supreme Court ruled the "separate but equal" education for black and white students was unconstitutional. -
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Largest Civil Rights organization who was led by MLK and helped create the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1964, and 1968, as well as the Voting Rights Act of 1965. -
Emmett Till
Emmett Till was a 14 year old who was murdered in Money, Mississippi which sparked the Civil Rights movement. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was coming home from work and sitting in the "white section when a white man was looking for a seat in the "white" section and they were all taken. The police assessed the situation and put Parks in custody. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
After Rosa Parks incident. African Americans stopped riding the bus because they were being treated unfairly. -
Little Rock School Integration
9 African American boys who were allowed to enrolled in a all white high school. But the people at the schools did not let them in. -
MLK/Gandhi/Thoreau/Rondolph
All of these people had a strong opinion on something and tried to fight for that thing being the "right thing." -
The Sit- Ins
African American protesters sat down at segregated lunch counters and refused to leave until they were served. -
Malcolm X
African-American leader and prominent figure in the Nation of Islam. Also he articulated concepts of race pride and black nationalism in the 1950s and 1960s. -
Freedom Rides
Civil Rights activists that rode buses into segregated southern United States. -
March on Birmingham, Alabama
One of the most influential desegregation campaign took place. Birmingham, Alabama was a citadel for white supremacy and it was never safe for a African American to live there. -
March on Washington
One of the largest political rallies for human rights in U.S. history and demanded civil and economic rights for African Americans. On that day MLK gave the "I have a Dream" speech. -
24th Amendment
Prohibits any poll tax in elections for federal officials. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, sex or national origin. -
March from Selma to Montgomery for Voting Rights
African American men and women were beaten with billy clubs in a cloud of tear gas. All they were trying to do was march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, the state capital, to protest a brutal murder and the denial of their constitutional right to vote. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Law that made voting easier for African Americans to register to vote by eliminating discriminatory literacy tests and authorizing federal examiners to enroll voters denied at local level. -
De Jure vs. De Facto segregation
De Jure segregation is segregation by lax, very unequal. De Facto segregation is segregation but equal. -
Black Panther Party
The Panthers practiced self-defense of minority communities against the U.S. government and fought to create revolutionary socialism. -
Race Riots
African Americans were living in terrible conditions and treated very poorly which resulted in riots to demand equal rights.
