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Plessy v. Ferguson
a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal". which required separate railway cars for blacks and whites. In 1892, Homer Plessy -
Race Riots
Malcolm x was Islam, popularly known as the Black Muslims he went to jail for robbing a store in later on he got shot trying o speak -
Brown v. Board of education of Topeka
Thur good Marshall studied law at Howard he utilized the judiciary to champion equality for African Americans. In 1954, he won the Brown v. Board of Education case -
Montgomery bus boycott
Rosa park was know for not giving her seat on the bus to a white men in she went to jail for it -
Little Rock school integration
National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling at Central High School. Central High was an all white school. -
The Sit-Ins
Students from across the country came together to form the Student Nonviolent -
Freedom Rides
seven blacks and six whites left Washington, D.C., on two public buses bound for the Deep South.they was intended to test the supreme court -
March on Birmingham Alabama
it was a movement for African american rights it was lead by Martian Luther king Jr -
march on Washington
martian Luther kings Jr i have a dream speech was at the Lincoln Memorial 250,000 people showed up -
24th Amendment
the United States of America abolished the poll tax for all federal elections A poll tax was a tax of anywhere from one to a few dollars that had to be paid annually by each voter in order to be able to cast a vote. -
March from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
it prevented African American from from voting under the 15th amendment -
De jure vs.De facto segregation