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Plessy vs. Ferguson
Separate but equal making racism equal. -
National Association for the Advancement of Colored people
A group thats main purpous was Advancement of Colored people -
Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka
Public schools had to be Racially intergrated -
Emmett Till
14 year old boy who was killed for the color of his skin -
Rosa Parks
Civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat to a white man. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks didnt give her seat up at the front of the bus to a white man so she got thrown off the bus. -
De Jure vs. De facto segregation
seperation enforced by law and personal practice -
Little Rock School Intergration
The city of Little Rock decided to Integrate one of there schools starting the first year with 9 black students going there. -
Sit-Ins
Blacks went to white only places and sat down and refused to leave know matter what and they would not fight back with violence. -
Freedom Rides
An attempt at integrating the public transportation system. Tried to use white one things. -
The march on Birmingham, Alabama
Peaceful protests with violence trying to stop them. -
March on Washington
A large human rights rally for jobs and freedom -
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Civil Rights Activist. Big speech at Lincoln memorial. -
24th Amendment
No poll taxes allowed -
Malcolm X
Aggressive Civil Rights Activist. Assassinated when he was 40 -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
outlawed discrimination. -
March from Selma to Montgomery for Voting Rights
A march that brought peoples attention to voting rights. -
voting rights act of 1965
Gave African American men the right to vote. -
Black Panther Party
Went against the US government and the military . -
Thurgood Marshall
First African American -
Race Riots
Took place all over. Riots for African American rights
