Allowed the right to vote not to be judged on race
Lynchings
Between this time and the turn of the century about 2500 lynchings occured against African Americans and the majority of them having taken place in the south.
Plessy VS. Ferguson case determined that seperate but equal was constitutional
Jackie Robinson
He becomes the first African-American to play major league baseball.
Brown VS. Board of Education Court Case
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white person on a bus in Alabama
Southern Christian Leadership Conference was founded
The March On Washingto DC and the "I Have a Dream" speech took place
Civil Rights act was put into action by Lyndon B. Johnson
Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
