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NAACP
NAACP had became largest and most powerful civil rights organization that attracted a wide array of individuals both balck and white including number of lawyers. In the 1940s, NAACP attorneys pursued a strategy to challenge in the courts the legality of segregation. -
Congress of Racial Equality founded
CORE was founded by james farmer and several others that deeply influenced by Henry David Thoreau and Monhandas Gandhi. They became convinced that African americans could apply direct nonviolent methods to gain civil rights. They organized protests against segregation in Chicago, Detroit, Denver and other northern cities. -
Brown v. board of education
Several black children sought admission to public schools that required or permitted segregation based on race. The plaintiffs alleged that segregation was unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
"We conclude that the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." —Chief Justice Earl Warren -
Montgomery bus boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott, in which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating, took place from December 5, 1955, to December 20, 1956.
This boycott regarded as the first large-scale demonstration against segregation in the U.S -
Christian leadership Conference
It was to continue the struggle for civil rights. Made up largely of southern african american ministers the SCLC advocated nonviolent resistance to fight injustice. SCLC went on to organize a protests, including a prayer pilgrimage in washington. -
Civil rights act of 1957
President Eisenhower signed it into law that established US civil rights commission that had the power to investigate violations of civil rights. The law also gave the US attorney general greater power to protect the voting rights of african amerians
Main significance was it was the first civil rights bill passed by congress since reconstruction
