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Civil Rights Act of 1964
Act which outlawed discrimination against race, religion, sex, or national origin. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Supreme court case, that enforced segregation. "Separate but Equal". -
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. -
Brown v. board of Education of Topeka
A court case which stated that separate schools for blacks and whites was unconstitutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man, and was arrested.From this moment on blacks boycotted Montgomery Buses. -
Little Rock School Integration
Enrolled 9 black children into an all white school, after the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. -
The Sit-Ins
Four African American students sat at a "white-only" lunch counter, as a non-violent protest. -
Freedom Rides
Civil Rights activist that would ride buses into segregated southern states. -
March on Washington
Largest Political Rally in the U.S. for Human Rights. This is the Rally where MLK had spoken. -
March on Birmingham, Alabama
Movement in Birmingham, Alabama to bring attention to integration efforts by African-Americans. Although it was a non-violent protest, many African-Americans were attacked by law enforcement. -
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr./Gandhi/Thoreau/ Randolph
Gandhi influenced MLK to use non-violent protest against the government. Henry David Thoreau has lead MLK to resist immoral government actions without cooperating. Randolph had proposed the idea of having a March on Washington. -
Race Riots
White police officer killed 15-year-old african american boy, which immediately raised a rally of over 300 african american students. -
24th Amendment
Prohibits poll tax on voters. -
Malcom X
American-Muslim minister and Human Rights Activist. -
March from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights
MLK and the SCLC marched from Selma to Montgomery in order to bring the focus on being able to register African-Americans to vote. -
De Jure vs. De Facto Segregation
Racial segregation, people are segregated by society and not by law. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
When Lyndon B Johnson overcame the 15th amendment and allowed African Americans the right to vote. -
Black Panther Party
A group, made up of minorities, that practiced militant self-defense, to go against the government. -
Thurgood Marshall
First African-American Supreme Court Justice. -
Rosa Parks
Refused to give up her bus seat to a black man and was arrested for it. People boycotted the buses, until they allowed blacks and whites to both equally sit on the bus. -
Emmett Till
African-American Boy that was killed for flirting with a white girl.
