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Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow laws were state laws that began the separate or equal movement. The laws enforced racial segregation in southern states. These are significant because they made it legal to segregate as long as people were equal. This was soon ruled unconstitutional and segregation along with jim crow laws were demolished. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
MLK, Jo Ann Robinson, Rosa Parks were the major leaders. The boycott was caused by Rosa Parks and other black people being forced to sit in the back of the bus. It was 382 days after the bus boycott. This was the 1st successful non-violent protest and MLK emerged as the official leader of Civil Rights. -
Freedom Riders
The Freedom Riders were groups of whites and African American civil rights activists. The freedom riders took bus trips through the American South in order to protest bus segregation in the south. They did this to bring more attention to segregation. Forced JFK to add more laws. Helped continue the non-violent protest. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington happened in order to build support for the Civil Rights movement and end discrimination in employment. 250,000 people gathered. This protest was led by A. Phillip Randolph, a longtime civil rights activist. This was a very significant protest and changed the course of the Civil Rights movement. -
Black Power Movement
Malcolm X, Stokley Carmichael, Bobby Seale, and Huey Newton were the leaders who shaped the Black Power Movement. It was in favor of violent protest, in self-defense. They thought that non-violent protest could never truly give them power over their own lives. It was a revolutionary movement and emphasized racial pride, economic empowerment, and the creation of political and cultural institutions.