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plessy v. Ferguson
A man named Homer Plessy sat in the "white" car on East Louisiana railroad. On July 7, 1896 he was arrested and put into jail. He took the case to court against -
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
The National Associtaion for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded February 12, 1909. It was one of the first Civil Rights organization. It started to help fight against the lynching that was taking place and to ensure poltical, educational, social, and economical equality amoungst all people. Thry grew to become one the biggest civil rights organziations in America. They also helped fund the BRown vs. Board case. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
During this Case the court had declared that seperate public schools for black & white children was unconstitutional. It had gone against the 14th amendment which stated that 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. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States. -
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
on December 1, 1955 a women named Rosa Parks, was asked to give up her seat in the colored section of the bus to a white man. She was arrested for refusing to give up her seat. This was the beginning of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. This boycott was meant to end segregation on public transportation. It lasted an enitre year & on Dec. 20,1956 the Unted States Supreme Court declared that segregation laws in Alabama & Motgomery, were unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was a civil right activist otherwise known as "the mother of the freedom movement". She was arrested Decmeber 1, 1955 for not giving up her seat in the color section on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, to a white man. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
A group of southerners who wanted to end segregation and advance the cause of the Civil Rights but without violence. The president of the SCLC was Martin Luther King JR. Martin Luther King was actually the president of this associatin until he was assinated in 1968. -
The Little Rock Nine
A group of nine African American sudents that were supporting desergregation in Little Rock Central HIgh School. They were to be escorted into the schools by the National Gaurd. One of the sudents was not aware that everyone was nt to enter at the front of the building and was harrassed. She had to sit on a bench for # hours waiting for someone to get her. -
Sit-ins
African Americans were tired of segregation and not being able to come in and eat at a diner. African Americans decided that they were going to go into a resteraunt and sit there until they were served. -
Civil RIghts Act of 1964
Americans expeted the President, courts and congress to live up to the 14th amendment. Congress passed the Civil Rights Act that stated it was forbidden to discriminate the sex or race in hiring promoting or firing. many gathered around President Johnson, including Martin Luther King Jr., as he signed this act. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
LBJ signed the voting rights into law. This law gave African-Americans their rights to vote. This law came seven months after Martin Luther King launched the SCLC. This day was called ‘‘a triumph for freedom as huge as any victory that has ever been won on any battlefield’’ -
Thurgood Marchall
Thurgood Marshall was the 96th person to be the Associate Justice of the United States Supreme court. He was also the FIRST African-American to hold this postion. President Johnson was honored to nominate as you can tell by these words ""the right thing to do, the right time to do it, the right man and the right place." He had won the senate votes by 69 to 11. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assination.
Martin Luther King was outside his hotel room when he had been shot on the right side of his face. He had been talking to colleagues from the SCLC when the assassin, James Earl Ray.
