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Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) formed
CORE was committed to nonviolent acts and protests towards change. it promoted education and employment opportunities for African Americans.
Key Terms: Civil Rights -
Birmingham Campaign
Almost no public facilities allowed Blacks and Whites to mix.
Key Terms: SCLC -
Jackie Robinson Hired to the Brooklyn Dodgers
Jackie Robinson broke the color line, the line that separated Whites from Nonwhites when he joined the Dodger's baseball team. Plenty of fans, people, and even his own teammates sometimes loathed playing with a Black teammate.
Key Term: Color Line -
Executive Order 9981
Truman signed the Executive Order 9981, which made desegregation official in the US military. It stated that there was to be equal opportunity to all,, no matter race, ethnicity, color, or religion.
Key Term: segregation -
Brown v. Board of Education Rule
Brown v. the Board of Education is a series of trials that went on. Thurgood Marshall was NAACP's leading attorney. He argued the case of segregation in schools. giving evidence of how it harmed African American children.
Key Term: Thurgood Marshall -
First Lunch Counter Sit In
Key Terms: Sit in, Jim Crow Laws -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Banned segregation on basis of race, sex, religion or national origin.
Key Term: Plessy v. Ferguson
