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Plessy v. Ferguson
A Supreme Court case that ruled the separation of races legal. Established "Seperate but equal" doctrine -
NAACP
Civil rights organization. Their main purpose is to stop discrimination. Fought many Supreme Court cases against segregation. Stands for National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. -
Ghandi, Thoreau, Randolph
Nonviolent civil disobedience activists. Inspired Martin Luther King Jr. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
African Americans boycott using Montgomery Buses because of unequal bus rights. -
Brown V. Board of Education Topeka
Supreme Court case that ruled separation of education for black and white students was unconstitutional. -
De jure vs.De Facto Segregation
De jure was segregation established by law while De Facto established segregation by practice and custum. -
Rosa Parks
African American civil rights activists. Refused to give up her seat, on a bus, to a white man. -
Emmett Till
African American was murdered by white men for calling a woman "baby". His murderers were put on trial and were found not guilty despite all the episode. -
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
African American civil rights activist. Led the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955. Made many political speeches and held rallies in order to protest segregation. He was assassinated in 1968. -
Little Rock School Integration
Group of African American students were transferred to Little Rock High School top start the integration of blacks into white schools. -
Race Riots
Mass violent riots towards African Americans who were protesting descrimination -
Freedom Rides
Civil Rights activists who rode through The South, in segregated buses, in order to protest segregation. -
March on Washington
A political rally to protest segregation. Over 200,000 people rallied in Washington D.C -
March on Birmingham, Alabama
Political protests in Birmingham, Alabama. Many protesters were met with violence from citizens on Birmingham. -
24th Amendment
Prohibited paying a toll for federal elections -
Malcolm X
African American rights activists. Advocated arm self defense. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
A law that outlawed discrimination against different races, sex, national origin, or religion. -
March from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights
African Americans peaceful protest from Selma to Montgomery. The protesters were beaten and met tear gas as they walked to Montgomery. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Law that made it easier for African Americans to vote by eliminating examiners to enroll voters denied at the local level -
Black Panther Party
Founded to practice the self defense of minority communities against the US Government. -
Thurgood Marshall
First African American Supreme Court Justice. -
The Sit Ins
Nonviolent forms of protests towards descrimination
