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13th Amendment
Was an amendment that abolished slavery in the United States. President Abraham Lincoln approved of the amendment -
Plessy v. Ferguson Doctrine
Was a decision of the US supreme court that held the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public places were equal in quality it cam to be known as "separate but equal -
Integration of Armed Forces
President Harry S. Truman signed this executive order. Commit the government to integrate the segregated military -
Brown v. Board of Education
Was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the court ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial degradation in public schools are unconstitutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Was a protest campaign against racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama -
Little Rock Nine Incident
Was a group of nine Africam American students enrolled in the Little Rock Central High School. Thye were prevented from entering the radically segregated school -
Freedom Riders
Were groups of white and African American civil rights activist who participated in freedom rides bus trips through the south to protest segregated bus terminals -
Letter From a Birmingham Jail
Is an open letter written by Martin Luther King Jr. the letter defends the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism -
March on Washington
Was a huge protest held in Washington D.C. it was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans -
Birmingham Bombing
Was an act of white supremacist terrorism which occurred at an African American 16th street Baptist Church in Birmingham Alabama -
1964 Civil Rights Act
Is a civil rights landmark and labor law in the us that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin -
Freedom Summer
Was a volunteer campaign to attempt to register as many African American voters as possible in Mississippi -
Race Riots
After James Powell, a 15-year-old African American was shot and killed by police Lieutenant Thomas Gillian in front of his friends and several dozen witnesses riots occurred between July 16 and 22 1964 -
Bloody Sunday
An estimated 525 to 600 civil right marchers headed southeast out of Selma on U.S. Highway 80 it ended with a brutal attack of troopers on protesters -
Malcolm X Assassinated
An American Muslim minister and human rights activist. Was best known for controversial black racial advocacy. And a vocal spokesperson of the Nation of Islam was assassinated -
Voting Rights Act
A landmark piece that prohibits racial discrimination in voting -
MLK Assassinated
Martin Luther King Jr. a Christian minister and activist a very known leader in the Civil rights movement was assassinated in Memphis Tennesee at a hotel -
Robert Kennedy Assassinated
Robert Francis Kennedy was an American politician and lawyer and a Senator from New York was assassinated at a hotel
