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Thurgood Marshall was an African American lawyer that helped lead up to this event.
Chief Justice Earl Warren deemed the 'seperate but equal' principle unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the Montgomery Bus, even though it was against the law.
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Established the US Civil Rights Commision, which had the power to investigate violations of civil rights.
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Studen Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, committee designed to defeat white racism.
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African Americans rode through the south defying segregationist codes.
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more than 200,000 people showed up
MLK Jr. gave his 'I Have a Dream' speech -
A religious sect led by Elijah Muhammad demanding seperation of races.
Malcolm X was the most prominent minister but in 1964 he left. -
Focusted on registering African Americans to vote
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Banned the poll tax which had been used to keep poor African Americans from voting
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Desegretated America
Medgar Evers held Meredith win a court case with Ole Miss
MLK Jr. helped petition in Birmingham, Alabama -
Empowered the federal government to oversee voting registration and elections in states that had discriminated against minorities.
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Carmichael was arrested in Greenwood, Mississippi. Afterwards he said that African Americans needed "black power!"
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Organized armed patrols to protect from police abuse.
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a Natinal Advisory Cmmission on civil disorders. Concluded that long-term racial discrimination stood as the single most important cause of violence.
