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Harry Byrd
He helped closed some schools in the public schoolsystem so that the children wouldnt become intergraded. -
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Eisenhower
34th president off the United States. He was president during segrigation. -
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Earl Warren
He served as the 14th chief justice of the surpeme court. he was best known for his decision concerning segrigation in the schools. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
A court case saying that seperate but equal was constitutional -
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Oliver Hill
He was a civil rights attorney and worked against discrimination casses he retired after 60 years practicing law. -
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Thurgood Marshall
He was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and was the first African American Surpreme court justice. -
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Lyndon B. Johnson
36th president of the United states. Kennedy proposed the civil rights bill but after he died Johnson finished what he started. -
Founding of the NAACP
They wanted to promote the well being of colored individuals -
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Rosa Parks
She refused to give up her seat on a bus for a white person. She started the Montgomery Bus Boycott. -
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John F. Kennedy
35th president of the United States. He served untill he was assassinated. -
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Martin Luther King Jr.
American clergyman, activist, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement and was best known for his "I Have A Dream" speech. -
Brown vs. the board of Education
A court case between the board of educationa and thirteen Topeka Kansas parents. This court case made segregated schools unconstitutional. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on the bus for a white person. Colored people boycotted the bus line untill they could sit where ever they want on the bus. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
An African American civil rights organization whos first president was Martin Luther King -
Little Rock Nine
Nine students were intergraded into an all-white school. The National Guard was sent in to protect the students since there had been riots because of their presance. -
Woolworth’s Sit In
Four African American college students were refused service because they sat an white-only lunch counter. this was the start of peacefull protests around the country. -
Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee
A committee formed during the American Civil Right Movement by a group of college students after they met in a sit-in -
I Have A Dream
Dr. King used this speech as a cry for people to end racism in the United States. He said this to over 250'000 civil rights acticists on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. -
March on Washington
It was one of the largest political rallies for human rights in American History. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Eliminated discrimination against racial minorities and women, in registration for voting. -
Civil Rights Act of 1965
Prohibits local governments the right to create any tests to see if someone is fit to vote
