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Plessey V. Ferguson
This was a court case that happened in 1896. It stated that the blacks and white should be seperate but equal. This stood until the civil rights act of 1964. -
NAACP
The NAACP stands for national association for the advancment of colored people. It was created to help the african americans have a better life and fought for their freedoms. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was an african american who believed in civil rights. She refused to move form her seat on a montgomery public bus on December 1, 1955. She was thrown in jail for this and started the Mongomery bus boycott. -
Sit-ins
Sit-ins for the african american rights started in the 40's. People in 1964 and 65 used sit-ins for peacefully standing up against segregation in restaurants. Inturn, the Civil rights act of 1964 and the voting rights act of 1965 were passed. -
Brown v. Board of Education
A little girl complained about how she had to walk 21 blocks to go to her black school when there was a white school only 4 blocks away. this created a problem and went to court. the verdict stated that schools being segregated was unconstitutional. -
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted from 1955 till 1956. This is because in 1956 segragation was outlawed from public buses. Dr Martin Luther King Jr took charge of this bus boycott. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The SCLC was created in by martin luther king jr. He Created after the Montgomery bus boycott.The group worked hand and hand with the NAACP. -
LIttle Rock Nine
9 students were admitted to go to an old all white school soon after the school desegregation law had passed. They had to be escorted into the school by the military because the national guard of alabama had blocked them from getting in. -
Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee
A group of students in 1960 refused to leave a lunch counter when they were denied service. This act, activated many more sit ins. SNCC was created to help coordinate the sit ins and support leaders. -
Freedom Riders
In 1961 the first Freedom riders group left washington DC. The Freedom riders tried to envoke violence inorder to spark a movement in the government for desegragation and equal rights. however, the buses were attack and one was bombed. -
James Meredith
James was the first african american amitted to mississippi university. He was blocked from entering the university in september by riots of white people. He was escorted by 500 marshalls into the school on 1 october 1962. -
Medgar Evers
Medgar evers was assassinated on 12 june 1963. He was a civil rights lawyer. He was murdered by Byron De La Beckwith for his actions agaisnt segregation in the south. -
Martin Luther King Jr
Martin Luther King Jr led the march on washington in behalf of the SCLC. During this march, he gave his famous I Have A Dream speach. It entailed his thoughts of the future regarding behavior of the whites to the black people of the nation. -
March on Washington
This was led by martin Luther King jr. He gave his famous speech "i have a dream" at the lincoln memorial during the march. there were almost 300,000 people at the march. -
Freedom summer
This was to help blacks with places to live and jobs. -
Civil rights act of 1964
The Civil rights act was passed because of the many protests, both violent and nonviolent by the people. It outlawed descrimination against racial, ethnic, national and religious minoritys. -
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood marshall was the lawyer on the Brown V Board of education case. He later became the first black supreme justice. Because of these events he was a major part in the civil rights movement
