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plessy v Ferguson
a law that upheld constitutional laws of segregation -
NAACP
the NAACP was created to ensure rights for all people and to eliminate racial discrimination -
race riots
a large scale of African american migration to the north -
thurgood Marshall
the first African american lawyer of justice -
Malcolm x
Malcolm x went to jail when he was 20 while in jail he studied the teachings of Elijah Muhammad the head of the nation of Islam. after he got out of prison in 1952 he became an Islamic minister he gained followers as he preached Elijah Muhammad's views. -
de jure vs de facto segregation
de facto segregation is the practice of racial discrimination de jure is the racial segregation enforced by law -
brown v. board of education of Topeka
a supreme court case in which the justice ruled that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional -
martin Luther king jr.
an american civil rights activist and one of the biggest spokesmen in history -
rosa parks
civil rights activist who is known for her role in the Montgomery bus boycott -
Montgomery bus boycott
a protest campaign against racial segregation on buses in Montgomery Alabama -
little rock school integration
this was when schools in little rock started to have segregation -
the sit-ins
students from across the Nation came together to form SNCC -
freedom rides
civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961 -
march on Birmingham Alabama
a movement organized in 1963 by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to bring attention to the integration efforts of African Americans in Alabama -
march on Washington
The purpose of the march was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. -
24th amendment
it banned poll tax which was a tax of anywhere from one to a few dollars that had to be paid annually by each voter in order to be able to cast a vote. -
civil rights act of 1964
labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
march from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights
Martin Luther King led thousands of nonviolent demonstrators to the steps of the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, after a 5 day, 54 mile march from Selma -
voting rights act of 1965
this law outlawed the discriminatory voting practices in many southern states after the civil war -
black panther party
Huey newton and bobby seal created a political party called the black panther party to fight police brutality in the ghetto. -
Emmett till
Emmett till was a 14 year old boy who was murdered in Mississippi in 1995 after being accused of offending a white woman in a grocery store
