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Legalized state ordered segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal.
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(National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
by a group of liberals who wanted to eradicate racial discrimination -
Topeka denied Linda Brown’s enrollment into an all white school.
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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in the front of the bus for a white person.
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference, churches link together to inform blacks about changes in the Civil Rights Movement. It was led by Martin Luther King Jr.
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Primarily a voting rights bill, was the first civil rights legislation enacted by Republicans.
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A little Rock Crisis, in which students were prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus. They were enrolled the Little Rock, but on the first day, Arkansas National Guard would not let them enter the school.
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Held racial discrimination in businesses that serve interstate commerce is unconstitutional.
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Four student from Carolina decided to sit at an all-white counter in civil protests. This ended up happening for weeks and also in other cities around the world.
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(Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) to promote and use non-violent means to protest racial discrimination.
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Organized mixed-race groups who rode interstate buses deep into the South to draw attention to and protest racial segregation.
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Blacks who attempted to enroll at ole miss. Kennedy is forced to send in troops to make this all happen.
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March that took place in Birmingham. Started out as a nonviolent protest, but soon turned violent.
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A large political rally that took place in Washington D.C., where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream’ speech advocating racial harmony.
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Eliminated the poll tax as a prerequisite to vote in national elections.
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Human rights activist.
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A massive voter registration drive held in Mississippi and staffed both by black and white civil rights workers, turned violent and three workers were found murdered
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Passed by Johnson to honor death of JFK; banned segregation in public accommodations.
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Assassinated by rival Black Muslims while addressing his Organization of Afro-American Unity.
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Organized by Martin Luther King Jr., thousands of black protesters petition for the right to vote outside of city hall, in which they are ignored.
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This was a response to the Freedom Summer, it outlawed literacy tests and sent federal voter registrars into several southern states.
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Led by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton, they believed that racism was an inherent part of the U.S. capitalist society and were militant, self-styled revolutionaries for Black Powers.
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James Earl Ray was convicted in killing Martin Luther KIng Jr., on April 4th, 1968 in Tennessee.
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This banned discrimination in housing, the segregation of education, transportation, and employment, helped African Americans gain their full voting rights.
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RFK was killed by Sirhan Sirhan.
