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plessy v ferguson
In 1892 a black male didn't want to sit in the Jim crow car.Plessy was breaking Louisiana law.plessy constitution rights were rejected when he tried to argue his rights were violated. -
Thurgood Marshalls
Thurgood was a U.S. Supreme Court justice and civil rights advocate. Marshall earned an important place in American history by becoming a legal counsel for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) -
MLK JR
MLK was Baptist minister and social activist who played a key role in the American civil rights movement from the mid-1950s until his assassination in 1968. -
Brown vs Ferguson
Brown vs Board of education, allowed for “separate but equal” public facilities, including public schools in the United States. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus in 1955, black seamstress Rosa Parks helped initiate the civil rights movement in the United States. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The boycott took place after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. Which led to protest against segregated seating. -
Orville Faubus
Governor Orval Faubus called out National Guard to prevent a group of African-American students from entering the all-white Central High School