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Civil Oisobiedience
The third major figure who contributed greatly to the development of the practice of civil disobedience was Martin Luther King Jr. He made civil disobedience the distinguishing feature of the civil rights movement in the United States. In this he was deeply influenced by Gandhi's methods. -
Black Codes
In the United States, the Black Codes were laws passed by Democrat-controlled Southern states in 1865 and 1866, after the Civil War. These laws had the intent and the effect of restricting African Americans' freedom. -
14th Amendment
The amendment that stopped segregation and made all colors equal. -
Plessy V. Ferguson
The Plessy V. Ferguson case is, when Homer Plessy "broke a law" when he refused to sit in a jim crow car. Homer believed his rights were violated. This resulted in a big court case, and went down in history. -
Jim Crow Laws
Laws that enforced racial segregation. In the public facilities. -
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall served in the brown v board supreme case. He helped them win. This stopped segregation in schools. -
Orval Faubus
American politician. 36th governor of Arkansas form 1955-1977. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa parks also worked with the anti segregation program. She was known for not wanting to give up her spot on the bus. She served jail time for it. -
Hector P Garcia
Hector Perez Garcia was a Mexican-American physician, surgeon, World War II veteran, civil rights advocate, and founder of the American G.I. Forum. -
Lester Maddox
Lester Garfield Maddox Sr. was an American politician who served as the 75th Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1967 to 1971. -
Betty Friedan
American Writer. Activist and feminist. The leading woman feminist in the women's movement. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr, was a black civil rights leader. He gave one of the most famous speeches "I have a dream". He's also the reason segregation isn't around anymore -
CORE
The Congress of Racial Equality is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States that played a big role for African Americans in the movement. -
Non violent protest
A protest without being violent. -
Lynching
kill someone, especially by hanging, for an alleged offense with or without a legal trial. -
Brown V. Board of Education
Brown V board of education was a supreme court case. This case was for school that was segregated by race. Even though laws were supposed to stop it. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery bus boycott, a seminal event in the Civil Rights Movement, was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. -
Emmet Till
Young 14 year old boy who got lynched for speaking "fresh" to a white lady. Although the lady says he never said anything to her. -
SCLC
Stands for Southern Christian Leadership Conference. African American civil rights organization. First president was MLK -
Little rock Nine
Nine black students went to a white school. First to graduate a white high school. One of the hardest things to do back then. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
The Civil Rights Act of 1957, enacted September 9, 1957, primarily a voting rights bill, was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875. -
Desegregation
Ending of racial segregation -
Sit-ins
The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960, which led to the Woolworth department store chain removing its policy of racial segregation in the Southern United States. -
Affirmative action
Affirmative action, also known as reservation in India and Nepal. In Canada and South Africa, is the policy of favoring members of a disadvantaged group who suffer or have suffered from discrimination within a culture. -
Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States. -
Cesar Chavez
American labor and leader in civil rights. Fought for rights. Co-founded the National Farm Workers. -
Ole Miss Integration
Riots erupted on the campus of the University of Mississippi in Oxford where locals, students, and committed segregationists had gathered to protest the enrollment of James Meredith, a black Air Force veteran attempting to integrate the all-white school. -
March On Washington
The march on Washington was a protest towards our rights. Civil movement groups were marching all through Washington. Caused lots of chaos. -
U of Alabama Integration
When African American students attempted to desegregate the University of Alabama in June 1963, Alabama's new governor, flanked by state troopers, literally blocked the door of the enrollment office. -
Civil Rights act of 1964
Landmark civil rights and US labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
George Wallace
American politician, 45th governor of Alabama. He served 2 terms. -
Voting rights act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. -
Watts Riots
The Watts riots, sometimes referred to as the Watts Rebellion, took place in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles from August 11 to 16, 1965. On August 11, 1965, an African-American motorist was arrested for suspicion of drunk driving. -
Black Panthers
The Black Panther Party was a revolutionary black nationalist and socialist organization founded by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton in October 1966. -
Title IX
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance. The Title IX regulation describes the conduct that violates Title IX. -
Sharecropping / Tenant
After the American Civil War southern plantation owners were challenged to find help working the lands that slaves had farmed. Taking advantage of the former slaves' desire to own their own farms, plantation owners used arrangements called sharecropping and tenant farming. -
13th amendment
Amendment that abolishes slavery -
15th amendment
No citizen shall be denied by the account of race. -
Stokely Carmichael
Trinidadian American, very known in the civil rights movement. As well as the Pan African movement. Became activist when he went to Howard University.
