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De Facto segregation- existed because of the voluntary associations and neighborhoods De Jure segregation- laws have fallen out due to locals and local groups.
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A March led by Martin Luther King Jr. and the SCLC to gain African American rights (voting, basic rights, etc).
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The act to enforce the fifteenth amendment which prohibited African Americans right to vote.
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It is a piece of civil rights legislation that outlawed discrimination of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
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A public riot between races. They were very violent and many got killed or injured.
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A political rally known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It was organized by many civil rights and religious groups.
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A peace movement organized by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to show the integration efforts of African Americans in Alabama.
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Bus trips throughout the American South to protest segregation in interstate bus terminals.
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A non-violent movement. Four African Americans walked up to a whites-only counter and waited patiently to be served. The workers wouldn't serve them but they still sat there patiently.
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9 black students enrolled in a white public school and caused controversy and much anger throughout the school.
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This was a movement where African Americans boycotted riding the buses. They refused to ride the buses because of the rude treatment from whites on the bus. Blacks had to sit in the back of the bus.
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Court declared state laws separating black and white public schools to be unconstitutional.
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The court ruled that blacks and whites in the United States were separate but equal. This means that everyone had the same rights but both races were segregated from each other.
