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Plessy v. Ferguson
in 1896 U.S. Supreme Court case upheld the constitutionality of segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine. From 1892 Homer Plessy refused to sit in a Jim Crow car, breaking the law. Topeka in 1954. plessy still refused to sit. http://bit.ly/1uuLcJp -
March on washington
A number of speeches and performances from John Lewis, Josephine Baker, Mahalia Jackson, Joan Baez and Bob Dylan. The speech i have a dream was being delivered this time to. The march was successful in pressuring the administration of John F. Kennedy to initiate a strong federal civil rights bill in Congress. http://stanford.io/1HmHQzv -
Congress of racial equality (core)
Core was an African-American civil rights organization in the United States that played a huge role for African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement. http://bit.ly/1SG081F -
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Jackie Robinson
Jackie was the very first major league baseball player. He signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in, and was named Rookie of the Year that year. He had a pretty good run aside from the segregation going on at this time. He soon passed away and the dodgers retired his uniform number.
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Sweatt v painter
Sweeat was a black man who applied to a Texas law school university. When they saw that he was black his application was automatically declined. Sweeat brought this to the state court they just tried to provide separate but equal facilities for black law students. the Equal Protection Clause required that Sweatt be admitted to the university. http://bit.ly/2nqJY3w -
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Brown v Board of Education
This was a case that was the discussed over four cases and coming up in separate states relating to the segregation of public schools on the basis of race. In each of the cases, African American minors had been denied admittance to certain public schools based on laws allowing public education to be segregated by race. http://bit.ly/1p1Oc1f -
Montgomery bus boycott
This boycott was a big part of the civil rights movement. It was a political and social protest against racial segregation on the public transportation system. Mostly sparked by people like Rosa parks. There was 13 months of protesting until the supreme court ruled that segregation on public buses was unconstitutional . Martin luther king was the president and also the leader of this mass movement. months of no resolution the U.S supreme court made it unconstitutional. http://stanford.io/2nwsi6A -
The Southern Manifesto
This was a document was made in the United States Congress, for going against the racial integration of public places. the House of Representatives signed this document for a resolution for the court case for Brown.v Painter. The resolution called the decision "a clear abuse of judicial power" and encouraged states to go along with it. http://to.pbs.org/1hc6YZt -
Little rock central High school
The role this school played what the desegregation going in public schools. There were nine African american children who were set on attending and all white only school. All this tying back in to the whole Brown.v board of education situation. This example of the school did help the case out in the long run. The school is now by a park and visited. The school is a national historic site. http://bit.ly/2nHFIie -
Southern christian leadership conference
This was an organization made up of African Americans for the civil rights movement. This group like many others were lead by Martin luther king. This organization was to coordinate the action of local protest groups throughout the South. This grew power to the people in black churches and independence. http://stanford.io/2eVr43i -
Greensboro sit-in
This was another movement for justice and independence. Four African American college students sat down at a lunch counter and politely asked for service. They were asked to leave and got refused of service. The four man remained still and stayed seated. -
Student nonviolent coordinating comittee
This was a very important organization formed to give blacks more of a voice in the civil rights movement. Of course led by martin Luther king as usual. This was inspired by the four college students who did the sit down. The organization encouraged black college students to join. It was to bring the races together as people instead of color http://stanford.io/1DVi7hZ -
Freedom rides
This group known as freedom riders were a group of 13 African American and white civil right activists. They rode around on a bus together around American South. all this to protest segregation in interstate bus terminals and catch peoples attention. The blacks went around through the bus terminals and use white only bathrooms and integrate the buses and vise versa for the whites. They got alot of violence from white protesters. The Interstate banned segregation on buses. http://bit.ly/1vgaxE1 -
James Meredith
James was an African American civil war activist. He was one of the very first blacks to attend the university of Mississippi. Meredith filed a suit against discrimination. Although the state courts ruled against him, the case made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled in his favor. http://bit.ly/1kM5U5i -
Letter from Birmingham jail
This was an open letter written by Martin Luther king. The letter defends the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism. He was imprisoned as a participant in nonviolent demonstrations against segregation. It was his response to a public statement of concern and caution issued by eight white religious leaders of the South.http://bit.ly/1T9MB3o -
Medger Evers
This man became a target for people opposing racial equality. He was an active civil rights movement supporter who work to overturn segregation in Mississippi. He was murdered by a segregationist which drew national attention. President John F. Kennedy and many other leaders publicly condemned the killing. Medger was buried in full military honor. http://bit.ly/1cGjFz7
