History of The Civil War

Plessy v Ferguson

Feb 13, 1896

Plessy, a black man, attempted to sit in an all-white railroad car. After refusing to get up and move, he was arrested. Plessy filed a petition against Ferguson, stating that segregation stigmatized the blacks.

Congress of Racial Equality

Mar 10, 1942

Founded in 1942, the CORE was a civil rights activist organization embraced a pacifist, non-violent approach to fighting racial segregation.