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Plessy v.s. Ferguson
Seprate, but equal -
NAACP
Founded to bring justice for African Americans -
Brown v.s. Board of Education of Topeka
Court ruled that segregation was unjust and ended it. -
Thurgood Marshall
Ended segregation in schools -
Emmett till
Killed after talking to white girl, Started to show the world lack of rights for black people -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
African Americans stopped using buses so they would end segregation between where white and black people sit. -
Rosa Parks
Started the Montgomery Bus Boycott -
Little Rock School Integration
9 African American Students enroll at Little Rock Central High school
and overcome racial segregation -
The Sit-ins
Anti-Segregation activists organized sit-ins across the country where colored people sit at counters to protest segregation -
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Race Riots
Race Riots were riots where black people rioted against white peole. -
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De jure vs De Facto segregation
Difference between racial segregation of people by law and moral segregation of people not by law -
Freedom Rides
Freedom riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses to the south to show that the court was not enforcing anti-segregation laws -
March on Birmingham, Alabama
Activists marched to bring attention to the integration of colored people -
March on Washington
Activists marched to advocate for the rights of African Americans -
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Lead the Civil Rights Movement -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlawed segregation of any kind -
24th Amendment
Abolished poll taxes, made it easier for African Americans to vote -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Outlawed discriminatory voting laws against colored people -
March form Selma to Montgomery for voting rights
A series of 3 marches where black people protested laws that prevented their rights. -
Malcom X
He told the black people to defend themselves by any means necessary -
Black Panther Party
Designed to help black people defend themselves
