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desegregation
the ending of a policy of racial segregation. -
Black Codes
Black Codes were laws passed by Democrat-controlled Southern states in 1865 and 1866, after the Civil War. -
14th Amendment
All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. -
Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy refuse to sit in a jim crow car. The supreme court had a case ' separate but equal'.The whites and blacks did not attend with the 13 and 14 amendment. -
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Thurgood marshall
Marshall earned an important place in American history on the basis of two accomplishments. First, as legal counsel for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -
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Orval faubus
was the Democratic Governor of Arkansas from 1955 to 1967, famously known for his vigorous stand against the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School in 1957. -
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Rosa parks
Civil rights activist Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger, spurring the Montgomery boycott and other efforts to end segregation. -
Hector
In 1946, García opened a medical practice in Corpus Christi, where he witnessed the struggles of veterans and migrant workers. -
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Lester Maddox
He was even the presidential candidate of the far-right American Independence party, founded by the segregationist Alabama governor, George Wallace, though his candidacy disappeared almost without trace. -
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George wallace
was an American politician and the 45th Governor of Alabama, having served two nonconsecutive terms and two consecutive terms as a Democrat -
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Betty Friedan
helped advance the women’s rights movement as one of the founders of the National Organization for Women -
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Cesar chavez
Cesar Chavez was an American labor leader and civil rights activist who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962 -
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Martin luther king jr
the March on Washington, which helped bring about such landmark legislation as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 and is remembered each year on Martin Luther King Jr. Day -
Stockily Carmichael
Kwame Ture was a Trinidadian-American who became a prominent figure in the Civil Rights Movement and the global Pan-African movement. He grew up in the United States from the age of 11 -
CORE
is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States that played a pivotal role for African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Court ruled unanimously. Separate but equal. Little Rock central hs -
Non-violent Protest
is the practice of achieving goals such as social change through symbolic protests -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. -
SCLC
which is closely associated with its first president, Martin Luther King Jr, had a large role in the American Civil Rights Movement. -
Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. -
Affirmative Action
positive action in the UK, and employment equity in Canada and South Africa, is the policy of favoring members of a disadvantaged group who suffer or have suffered from discrimination within a culture. -
U Of Alabama Integration
When African American students attempted to desegregate the University of Alabama in June 1963, Alabama's new governor, flanked by state troopers, -
March On Washington
the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom