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Plessy V. Ferguson
Made segregation legal
Separate but Equal -
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
A group that fought for black people to be treated equally. -
Race Riots
When a group of people in Detroit were tired of peaceful protest and decided to do something. -
Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka
A court case in which the U.S government declared that public schools for different races was unconstitutional. -
Thurgood Marshall
Was the first ever African American justice on the United states Supreme court. Won the case of Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education. -
Emmett Till
Was murdered for visiting his grandmother down south. He called a white girl baby. The spark of the civil rights movement. -
Rosa Parks
Decided not to give her seat to a white man. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks decided not to yield her seat to a white man. This was a major spark the Civil Rights movement. -
Little Rock School Interigation
Nine students went to a school and had to face massive abuse. Eight of the nine where escorted by the NAACP. -
The Sit-Ins
When four black students decided to sit at the white only counter. -
Freedom Rides
People rode interstate buses in protest that southern states were not up holding the ruling that segregated buses were unconstitutional -
De jure vs. De Facto segregation
De jure is segregation through law. De Facto is segregation through practice. -
March on Birmingham
People gathered to draw attention to the integration efforts of colored people in Alabama -
March on Washington
200,000 Americans march in Washington for political and civil rights . Headlined by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream" speech. -
Dr Martin Luther King Jr
Major civil rights leader who became famous for his "I have a Dream" speech on capital hill. Influenced by Gandhi -
24th Amendment
Eliminated the poll tax -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion , and natural origins -
Malcolm X
A minister during the Civil rights period. -
March from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights.
Martin Luther King led thousands to capital hill in Alabama for voting rights. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Allowed black people to vote -
Black Panther Party
Practice military levels of defense for social revolutions.
