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The Tuskegee Institute was created to train teachers in Alabama and the program provided students with academic and vocational training. This was a significance to the Civil Rights Movement because it was the 1st institution of higher level learning for children, but especially African Americans. -
The Plessy v Ferguson was a landmark U.S Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionally of racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine. It is significant to the Civil Rights Movement because it established the constitutionally of racial segregation. -
The NAACP Created was created to work for the abolition of segregation and discrimination in housing, education, employment, voting, and transportation; to oppose racism; and to ensure African Americans their constitutional rights. The significance it had on the Civil Rights Movement was it led the civil rights to struggle with lots of discriminations they had against them. -
Truman’s Desegregation of the Military was an executive order that abolished discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion or national origin in the United States Armed Forces, and led to the re-integration of the services during the Korean War. This was significant to the Civil Rights Movement because it was the end to racial segregation in the military. -
Executive order 9981 was an order that stated "there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed forces without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin." This was significant to the Civil Rights Movement because it established the Presidents Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services. -
Brown v Board of Education was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality. It was significant to the Civil Rights Movement because it marked a turning point in history of race relations in the United States. -
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city busses in Montgomery, Alabama to protest segregated seating. This was significant to the Civil Rights Movement because it signaled that a peaceful protest could result in the changing of laws to protect equal rights of all people regardless of race. -
The Freedom Riders were groups of white and African American civil rights activists who participated in Freedom rides, bus trips through the American south in 1961 to protest segregated bus terminals. This is significant to the Civil Rights Movement because it bolstered the credibility provoked by the violent reactions. -
Dr. King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” was a detailed letter explaining the motives and emotion behind the non-violent protests that took place in the south from the Birmingham Jail. This is significant to the Civil Rights Movement because it focused on peaceful protests and boycotts. -
March on Washington – “I have a Dream Speech” was when Martin Luther King Jr called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States. This is significant to the Civil Rights Movement because it became one of the defining moments of the civil rights movement and one of the most iconic speeches in America. -
March from Selma Alabama was an event that Martin Luther King Jr led thousands of nonviolent demonstrators to the steps of the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama. This was significant to the Civil Rights Movement because it ensured that African Americans could exercise their constitutional right to vote, even in a face of a segregationist system that wanted to make it impossible. -
The Black Panthers was a revolutionary organization with an ideology of Black nationalism, socialism, and armed self-defense, particularly against police brutality. This was significant to the Civil Rights Movement because they linked the African American liberation movement with liberation movements in Africa and Southeast Asia. -
Little Rock 9 were a group of nine African American students who enrolled at formerly all-white Central High School. This was significant to the Civil Rights Movement because it became an integral part to fight for equal opportunity in American education when they dared to challenge public school segregation by enrolling at the all white Central High School. It was called “Little Rock Nine" to identify the first African American students to desegregate Little Rock Central High School. -
Thurgood Marshall appointed to Supreme Court was the Court's first African-American justice. Prior to his judicial service, he successfully argued several cases before the Supreme Court, including Brown v. Board of Education. This was significant to the Civil Rights Movement because it knocked down legal segregation in America as a civil rights attorney. -
MLK assassinated was when Martin Luther King was shot dead while standing on a balcony outside his second-floor room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. News of King's assassination prompted major outbreaks of racial violence, resulting in more than 40 deaths nationwide. This was significant to the Civil Rights Movement because it helped with the way for an equal housing bill that would be the last significant legislative achievement of the civil rights era.