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Plessy v. Ferguson
This was a supreme court decision upholding the constitutional of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities. -
Committe on Civil Rights
The Committee on civil rights was established to examine violence against Afrian Amerians and protect them at all times. -
Jackie Robinson
Jackie was the first African American too play in a Professional league. On April 15th he was selected too play for the Los Angeles Dodgers. -
Brown v. Board of Education
The Brown v. Board of Education was a supreme court decision that ruled out segregation unconstitutional. It also stated that no school be integrated. -
A. Phillip Randolph
Phillip was an ambitious leader, organizer, and social activist who accomplished labor rights for African American communities in the 20th century -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This boycott was mainly about African-Americans who refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama to protest segregated seating. -
Governor Orval Fabus
Governor Fabus was known for the Little Rock Crisis of 1957 when he used the national guard to stop African Americans from attending Little Rock Central High as part of federally ordered racial desegregation. -
Elizabeth Eckford
Ms.Eckford is one of the Little Rock Nine students which was a group of African Americans who were the first to attend classes at Little Rock Central High School in 1957. -
Clyde Kennard
Clyde was a civil rights pioneer who was from Hattiesburg Ms, he attempted several times to enroll at an all-white school which is now Uniiversity of Southern Miss., he also was among the leadership of thousands local activist in the 1940s. -
Samuel O'Quinn
O'Quinn was a successful businessman and a father of 11 children in Centerville Ms, who was shot and killed just because he joined the NAACP and was preparing to engage in civil rights activity in Wilkinson County. -
James Meredith
James Meredith was an Civil Rights Activist who became the first African-American to attend The University of Mississippi which was a college for all whites. -
The Ku Klux Klan
K.K.K. was a group of white people who were against African American in the early 1960s. They mainly were known for bombing blacks schools, churches, and violence against black and whites activist in the south. -
M.L.K Arrest in Birmingham
King was arrested following a nonviolent protest demonstrating against segregation in Alabama. -
Anne Moody
Ms.Anne Moody was a former Civil Rights Activists who believed in everyone including African Americans should be treated equally and -
The 1st Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark of civil rights legislation of the United States that outlawed discrimination based on sex, race, color, and religion -
Voting Rights Acts
The voting rights act is an act that was guaranteed by the 14th and 15th amendmen, it resulted into the racial minorities throughout the south. It allowed everyone to vote including women of all races. -
The Black Panthers
The Black Panther was a revolutionary black nationalist and socialist organization, and it also was a core practice that armed citizens patrols to monitor the behavior of police officers and to challenge police brutality. -
Assassination of M.L.K
M.L.K. was shot too death at a hotel in Memphis TN., by Earl Ray. Dr.King was in Memphis TN too give his famous speech for the Civil Rights Movement.
