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plessy v. ferguson
an 1896 a case in witch the supreme court ruled that separation of races were legal -
race riots
The Detroit race riot broke out in Detroit, Michigan, in June 1943, and lasted for three days before thousands of Federal troops -
de jure vs de facto segregation
the difference between de facto segregation (segregation that existed because of the voluntary associations -
brown v. board of education of topeka
was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools -
montgomery bus boycott
American woman, refused to yield her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus. -
little rocks school intergeration
he Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957 -
the sit ins
Following the Oklahoma City sit-ins, the tactic of non-violent student sit-ins spread. -
freedom riders
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States -
march on washington
was one of the largest political rallies for human rights -
march on birmingham, albama
was a movement organized in early 1963 by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference -
civil rights act of 1964
is a landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the United States[5] that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
24th amendment
Not long ago, citizens in some states had to pay a fee to vote in a national election. -
voting rights act of 1965
a law that made it easier African Americans to register to vote -
march from selma to montgomery for voting rights
register blacks to vote