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Plessy v. Ferguson
legalized segregation. Separate but equal -
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of colored people -
Malcolm X
American Muslim minister and human rights activist -
Emmett Till
He was beaten and murdered for talking to a white women his killers face no charges -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks didn't give her seat to a white man -
Rosa Parks
Wouldnt give her seat to a black man. she fought for her rights -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
public schools had to be desegregated -
Little Rock School Integration
8 black students finally allowed to join a white school -
The Sit-Ins
blacks sitting at a counter assigned just for white people. They refused to get up and when they were arrested a new group of people would sit -
Freedom rides
Several bus trips through the south to protest segregation in bus terminals -
March on Birmingham, Alabama
Students take part in a peaceful walk in protest, but are sprayed with a high pressure fire hose -
March on Washington
Largest political rallies. It was for Jobs and freedom. MLK took part -
Dr. Martin Luther Kings Jr
public icon. People followed and listened to him. Fought for colored peoples rights -
24th amendment
Prohibiting any poll tax in federal elections -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
outlaw of discrimination base on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin for jobs and voting -
March from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights
help rise awareness of the difficulty faced by black voters in the south -
Black panther party
fought to establish revolutionary socialism through mass organizing and community based programs -
Race Riots
riots and violent clashes happened in over 100 cities -
Thurgood Marshall
First African American Associated Justice -
The Voting Rights act of 1965
to enforce the 15th amendment
