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Separate but equal. Legalized segregation
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U.S. located civil rights organization with the intent to ensure equality and advance justice for African Americans.
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Stated that racial segregation in schools was unconstitutional. Ended segregation in schools.
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1955 Rosa refused to give up her seat to a white person, this was planned and was the start of the bus boycott
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A 14 year old boy who was lynched and brutally murdered for allegedly offending a white women.
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A peaceful protest of African Americans boycotting buses to end segregation on buses. The protests lasted 13 months then eventually ended segregated buses.
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1957 school desegregation crisis starts to make an impact
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1966 This party was organized to fight police brutality in the ghetto
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First peaceful protest by CORE. Protests made up of students and African Americans for equality.
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this protested segregation on intra-state bus routes
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March to Washington for the Dream of Equality
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this march was to desegregate public facilities
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prohibits discrimination of race, religion, and gender
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this amendment eliminated poll tax for voting
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He stood for racial pride. He was a preacher
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eliminated literacy tests for voting
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urban violence spreads into cities and neighborhoods
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This march was to protect voting rights
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this was segregation either by law or by choice ( customs/cultures) Not everyone segregated by law, some wanted to live near their similar countrymen
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Lawyer for NAACP. Later he became a justice for the supreme court.
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Martin L King Jr civil rights leader, assassinated 1968. He was influenced by Thoreau on civil disobedience, Gandhi on peaceful leadership, and Randolph on how to do massive demonstrations
