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plessy v. ferguson
legalized segregation witch allowed for whit or black people to split people up because of there race -
NAACP
stared to end segregation -
thurgood marshell
lawyer for naacp -
the sits-ins
core did 1st peaceful sti-in protest -
brown v. board of education of topeka
this was a thing in court so black people would not be treated different -
Montgomery bus boycott
The Montgomery bus boycott was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. -
rosa parks
Rosa parks is a African american that wanted civil rights so she stood up and sat in the front of the bus and then she got rested -
emmett till
Emmett till was a man form Chicago who went to the south. he was in a diner and he said bye baby to a white girl. then people went after him. and they killed him. and the people who killed was found not guilty. his mother had a open casket at the funereal she said "i want a open casket so everyone can see what they did to my boy". -
little rock nine
the little rock nine was a 9 Africans Americans who went to school at little rock high. white people hated so much they had police and military at the school to help them go to school without harm -
freedom rides
protest on segregation laws on inner states buss routs -
march on Washington
the march on Washington is when MLK spoke his i have a dream speech. -
march on Birmingham, Alabama
people walked 54 miles from Selma to Montgomery. they were beaten by police when they arrived -
civil rights act
it is a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion and sex. -
24th amendment
the right for any us citizen to vote for any politician -
malcolm X
malcolm x was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist -
voting rights act
eliminated literacy fests for voting -
race riots
it was urban violence because black people wanted to stand p for themselves. -
march form Selma to Montgomery for voting rights
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de jure vs de facto segregation
segregation by law or by custom. -
black panther party
The party's original purpose was to patrol African American neighborhoods to protect residents from acts of police brutality. -
dr.martin luther king jr./gandi/thoreau/randolph
those were all people who stood up for there rights and what rights for other people.
