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24th amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax. -
Boston busing
The desegregation of Boston public schools was a period in which the Boston Public Schools were under court control to desegregate through a system of busing students. -
plessy v. ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court issued in 1896. -
the formation of the NAACP
the national association for the advancement of the colored people is a civil rights organization in the united states, formed in 1909 as a bi-racial organization to advance justice for african americans by a group. -
Malcolm X
Malcolm X, theactivist and outspoken public voice of the Black Muslim faith, challenged the mainstream civil rights movement and the nonviolent pursuit of integration championed by Martin Luther King Jr.He urged followers to defend themselves against white aggression “by any means necessary.” -
Highlander Folk School 25th Anniversary
Between 1932 and 1962, the Highlander Folk School in Monteagle, Tennessee, provided a valuable training ground for two generations of southern labor organizers and Civil Rights activists. -
congress of racial equality
a congress of racial equallity -
CORE
congress on racial equality. an African-American civil rights organization in the United States that played a pivotal role for African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement. -
desegragation of the military
presidant harry s. truman signed this executive order establishing the president's committe on equality of treatment and opportunity in the armed services. -
Rosa Parks
started the Montgomery bus boycott when she refused to move from her seat on the bus. -
The murder of Emmitt Till
Emmitt Till was a black boy who was killed for saying bye baby to a white women. -
little rock nine
little rock nine was a group of nine african american students enrolled in little rock central high school in 1957 -
SCLA
African-American civil rights organization. SCLC, which is closely associated with its first president, Martin Luther King Jr., had a large role in the American civil rights movement. -
southern christian leadership conference
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is an African-American civil rights organization. SCLC, which is closely associated with its first president, Martin Luther King Jr., had a large role in the American civil rights movement. -
Temple Bombing (Atlanta, Ga.)
In the early hours of October 12, 1958, fifty sticks of dynamite exploded in a recessed entranceway at the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation, Atlanta's oldest and most prominent synagogue, more commonly known as "the Temple." -
Lynching
The murdering of african americans by the means of burning, beating, or shooting. -
the freedom riders
group of people who went to Alabama to protest and question a court order. -
Ole Miss Integration
On September 30, 1962, riots erupted on the campus of the University of Mississippi in Oxford where locals, students, and committed segregationists had gathered to protest the enrollment of James Meredith, a black Air Force veteran attempting to integrate the all-white school. -
Medgar Evers
American black civil-rights activist, whose murder received national attention and made him a martyr to the cause of the civil rights movement. -
freedom summer
group trying to get as many blacks to register to vote. -
watts riots
white police officer arrested black drive because he didnt pass sobriety test -
MLK J.r assassination
MLK J.r was shot in his room 306 and was rushed to the hospital and was declared dead.