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plessy v. ferguson
constitutional law case of the US supreme court it upheld state racial segragation laws for the public -
national association for the advancement of colored
is a civil rights organization for the colored people -
Malcolm X
he was a Muslim minister and he was part of the civil rights activity -
Dr. Martin Luther King Junior
he was an american baptist and the leader of the civil rights movement -
Emmett till
he was assassinated for asking for freedom at the age of 14 -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
court case for separate schools for colored people and white people -
March on Birmingham, Alabama
southern christian to bring attention to the efforts of African Americans to continue to get there own freedom to colored people -
De jure vs. De Facto segregation
they seperated the two colored people went to there own schools and whites had there own side and if a colored person moves into there neighborhood then the white people move to another neighborhood. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
seating for colored people on buses the colored had to move if a white person wanted to sit down -
Little Rock School Integration
nine black students enrolled in an all white high school. -
race riots
based one color conflict between both -
The sit-ins
was a building of non violent protesters -
freedom rides
400 black and white people risked there lives for the segration of all people and for everyone to be free and have there own rights and they even broke laws for there own freedom -
March on Washington
More than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington for there rights and freedom for everyone -
24th amendment
pull tax for all federal elections so what it is, is u have to pay extra to vote -
civil rights act of 1964
US labor law that outlaws descrimination bye race, sex, religion, or national origin -
March from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights
Martin Luther King led thousands of nonviolent people to go protest to get there rights to vote for a president. -
Voting Rights Act of 1964
was to keep the colored from voting and taking more of there rights -
black panther party
revolutionary black nationalist and socialist organization for the civil rights movement -
Rosa parks
was active in civil rights who the united states congress call the first lady -
Thurgood Marshall
he was an associate justice of the supreme court he was the first African american justice