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Legalized state ordered segregation as long as the facilities for whites & blacks were equal
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Created by a liberal group who wanted to end racial discrimination.
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Topeka denied Brown's enrollment into an all white school.
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Rosa Parks denied her seat to a white person in the front of the bus.
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Churches linked together to inform blacks about the Civil Rights Movement changes that was led by MLK Jr.
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Mainly a voting rights bill but was the first civil rights legislation enacted by Republicans.
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Students were unable to enter the racially segregated school.
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4 students from Carolina decided to sit-in at an all-white counter in civil protests. It lasted for weeks and other cities joined in as well.
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Promoted non-violent means to protect against racial discrimination.
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Held radical discrimination in businesses that serve interstate commerce as unconstitutional.
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Organized mixed-race groups who rode interstate buses deep into the south to draw attention and protest against racial segregation.
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Blacks who attempted to enroll at Ole Miss and Kennedy was forced to send troops to help this happen.
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March that started out as a non-violent protest but soon escalated.
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Large political rally where MLK Jr. gave his speech on racial harmony.
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Eliminated the poll tax to vote in national elections.
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Activist for civil rights, like MLK Jr.
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Massive voter registration drive held in Mississippi and staffed by black and white civil rights workers but turned violent when 3 workers were found murdered.
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Passed by Johnson to honor the death of JFK and banned segregation in public areas.
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Assassinated by rival Black Muslims while addressing his Organization of Afro-American Unity
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Organized by MLK Jr. where thousands of black protesters petitioned for the right to vote outside of city hall in which they were all ignored
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This was in response to the Freedom Summer, it outlawed literacy tests and sent federal voter registrators into several southern states
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Led by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton when they believed that racism was an inherent part of the US capitalist society and were militant,self-styled revolutionaries for Black Powers.
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James Earl Ray was convicted in killing MLK Jr.
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Banned discrimination in housing, segregation of education, transportation and employment, and helped African Americans gain their full voting rights back.
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Killed by Sirhan Sirhan.
