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Plessy v. ferguson
Approved the separate but equal rights. this allowed segregation. -
Thurgood Marshall
Best known for his high success rate in arguing before the Supreme Court and for the victory in Brown v. Board of Education -
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
The NAACP was formed in response lynching and the 1908 race riot in Springfield.its a civil tights groop -
race riots
racial conflict that began in Chicago, Illinois. During the riot, thirty-eight people died and over five hundred were injured -
Malcolm X
Malcolm X was an american Muslim minister and human rights activist. He believed in violent protests. -
Dr Martin Luther Kings jr
Martin Luther kings was the face of racial equality. Gandhi influenced Martin by proving that non violence could provide a solution.Thoreau showed Martin "first contact with the theory of nonviolent resistance"—The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Randolph was another activists looking for higher wages. -
Brown v. board of education
court case that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This was a protest agenst segregation one of many. the one with Rosa parks -
Rosa parks
Rosa Parks was a African American civil rights activist. She refused to give up her seat to a white person on a bus -
Emmett Till
Emmett Louis Till was an black teen(14) who was lynched in Mississippi after saying bye babe to a white girl in a store. -
little rock school integration
9 students were prevented from entering a racially segregated school by the Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus . They then attended after President Dwight D. Eisenhower allowed them to. -
the sit ins
four black students from North Carolina A&T College sat down at a Woolworth lunch counter in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina.Others followed. -
Freedom rides
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode buses into the southern United States. this happened in 1961 -
March on Birmingham alabama
Movement organized in early 1963. organised by the southern christian leadership conference. -
march on washington
The March on Washington was for jobs and freedom.it was one of the largest political rallies for human rights -
24th ammendment
the 24th Amendment to the Constitution, prohibited any poll tax in elections for federal officials.this was used to keep African Americans from voting. -
civil rights act of 1964
new law in the U.S that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
march from Selma to Montgomery
Martin Luther King led thousands of nonviolent demonstrators to the steps of the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.in february police attacks against nonviolent demonstrators increased. -
voting rights act of 1965
let African Americans vote.signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson -
Black Panther Party
founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. violent protesters. -
de jure vs de facto segregation
de facto segregation is segregation because of associations and neighborhoods and de jure segregation is segregation because of local laws that mandated the segregation
