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jim crow laws
laws of racial segregation directed against colored people -
13th amendment
it got rid of slavery in the united states -
black codes
forced black people to work for low wages -
14th amendment
all people born in the united states are citzens -
15th amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied -
lynching
Lynching is an extrajudicial punishment by an informal group -
plessy v ferguson
it kept segergation in public places -
19th amendment
allowed women to vote -
20th amendment
moving ending of terms in the goverment -
orville faubus
he was a politian who stood for segergation in schools -
rosa parks
refused to give up her seat on the bus and she was arrested for not giving up her seat -
montgomery bus boycott
against racial segregation on the public buses -
civil rights act of 1957
was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875. -
civil rights act of 1957
was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875. -
sit ins
sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in Greensboro North Carolina -
civil disobedience
professed refusal to obey certain laws, -
nonviolent protest
ractice of achieving goals such as social change through symbolic protests, -
cesar chavez
was an American civil rights activist he later the United Farm Workers union -
george wallace
was an American politician and he was pro-segregation -
1964
the rights of citenzens to vote for the president or vice presdient shall not be denied -
civil right act of 1964
is a landmark civil rights and US labor law -
lester madox
was an American politician he refuesed to serve blacks -
Martin Luther King Jr
he was one of the civil right movement leaders and he was Assassinated -
26th amendment
made the voting age 18 years old -
desegregation
the ending of racial segregation -
Thurgood Marshall
he was a justice of the suprmeme court
