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Plessy v. Ferguson
A decision made by the supreme court that made racism and segregation legal. -
NAACP
NAACP was the National Association for the Advancement if Colored People -
De Jure vs. De Facto Segregation
De jure is by law meaning the practice of racial discrimination was enfroced by law but De Facto was by fact which is racial segregation was not mandated by the government. -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Supreme Court justified that racial segregation in schools was unconstitutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
African Americans would peacefully protest by walking or taking personal cars instead of the buses until they desegregated the buses. It started when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man. -
Little Rock School Integration
9 African American students were enrolled at Little Rock, but racial segregation prevented them from entering the school. -
The Sit-Ins
Non violent protests in North Carolina and in Greensboro, led to the Woolworth Department store removing the policy racial segregation. -
Freedom Rides
Civil Rights activists would ride interstate buses to the segregated southern part of the US to challenge to non enforcement of the US supreme court decisions. -
March on Birmingham, Alabama
A campaign made to bring attention to the integration efforts made by the African Americans in Alabama. -
March on Washington
People marched in DC for freedom and jobs. Mainly for the economic and civil rights for the African Americans. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlawed discrimination on religion, race, gender, and color. Many people listened to Malcolm X, an African American civil rights activist. Thurgood Marshall was the Supreme courts first African American to become a member. -
24th Amendment
Got rid of taxes on voting. Meaning people no longer had to pay when they were voting. -
March from Selma to Montgomery for Voting Rights
African Americans marched 54 miles, from Selma to Montgomery to protest in hopes for them to be able to vote. Like many non violent protests, Martin Luther Kin Jr. led the group. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Got rid of discriminatory voting practices like the literacy tests. -
Black Panther Party
Created for self defense for African Americans -
Race Riots
There was lots of racial tension in Detroit and one night all the African Americans rioted and attacked the officers and firefighters.
