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Heman Marion Sweatt (African American) wanted to attend the School of Law at University of Texas which was segregated. The U.S. Supreme Court case ruled that the treatment of the University was unfair. It successfully challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine of racial segregation established by the 1896 case Plessy v. Ferguson. -
African Americans in Montgomery boycotted the buses, they walked or took any other transportation that was not a bus so that bus companies would struggle financially. The law that ruled for segregation in buses was lifted after 382 days of the boycott. -
Nine black students were sent to Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas to make the school integrated. Upon they’re entry, the students were attacked by a white mob, causing President Eisenhower to send federal troops to protect the students for the rest of the school year. -
Forbade any state from preventing a person from voting. This act was the first civil rights law passed since Reconstruction. -
Black students sat at “whites-only” diners and refused to leave until they were served. The sit-ins led to the desegregation of many diners and inspired more nonviolent protests. -
After Martin Luther King Jr. and his brother’s motel rooms were attacked by bombs, protesters went out to the streets to riot violently. This didn’t do anything, so they included students to the protests, causing schools to be integrated instead of segregated. -
About 250,000 people protested in Washington D.C. for freedom and jobs. They demanded an end to segregation, fair wages and economic justice, voting rights, education, and civil rights protections. -
The 15th Amendment contained the Civil Rights Acts that were made by the government. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited discrimination in public accommodations, facilities, and schools because of race, religion, national origin, and/or gender. -
Malcolm X was a black muslim activist for civil rights. He thought that black people should be treated equally to all people and should fight for their civil rights however they can. He thought that black people should support each other by buying goods at stores owned by black people. He was assassinated in New York after giving a speech on civil rights. Three members of the Nation of Islam- a group Malcolm had been in -took part in his murder. -
Shirley Chisholm was an American politician, educator, writer, and member of the Democratic Party and she was a member of the House of Representatives for New York’s 2nd District. Chisholm ran for president in the United States election of 1972 as a Democrat. Chisholm lost, but she became the first major-party black candidate for president of the United States. -
Supreme Court case that ruled that in order to integrate schools, children of different races will be bussed to school across county lines. This caused a judge to force busing to schools if a school was considered too white or too black.04 -
In her Keynote Address, Barbara Jordan wants to pursue the idea of freedom, equality, equity, and truth. She wants rights for everyone, not just black people. She states “[i]f we promise as public officials, we must deliver”, this further emphasizes how she wants to be part of a truthful government, how, if something is promised, that promise should be kept and completed. -
The Supreme Court ruled that a university's use of racial quotas in its admissions process was unconstitutional, but a school's use of affirmative action to accept more minority applicants was constitutional in some circumstances. The Court ruled that it was constitutional to consider race as part of integration and diversity in schools, but it must be considered along with other factors and with fairness.