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plessy v. ferguson
segregation was legal, separate but equal. -
National Association for the advancement of colored people
A African-American civil rights organization in the United States, formed by Moorfield Storey, Mary White Ovington and W. E. B. Du Bois. -
Race riots
Lasted for three days before thousands of Federal troops were called in to establish control -
Thurgood marshall
was a civil-rights lawyer during brown vs. board of education -
brown v. board of education
Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
Emmitt Till
A African-American teenager who was lynched at the ager of 14 after flirting with a white woman. -
Rosa Parks
would not give up her seat to a white man. started the buss boycott. -
Montgomery bus boycott
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, African Americans did not ride Montgomery city buses. -
Little Rock school intergration
"Little Rock nine." Nine black students attended central high school in Little Rock Arkansas. -
the sit-ins
four black students from North Carolina sat down at a Woolworth lunch counter in downtown Greensboro. -
freedom rides
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961. Challenged the law which ruled that segregated public buses were unconstitutional. -
March on Birmingham Alabama
A movement organized in early 1963 to bring attention to the integration efforts of African Americans in Birmingham Alabama. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. -
24th amendment
prohibited taxes on voting. -
Civil rights act of 1964
A law that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
March from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights
Alabama focused it's efforts to register black voters in the south. protesters attempting to march from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery were met with violent resistance by state and local authorities. -
Black panther party
Huey newton, and Bobby Seale founded the black panther party for defense. -
De jure vs De facto segregation
de facto segregation, segregation that existed because of the voluntary associations and neighborhoods. De jure segregation, segregation that existed because of local laws that mandated the segregation.
