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Plessy v.Ferguson was a Supreme Court trial. It upheld segregation laws for public facilities.
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National Association for Advancement of Colored People was a civil rights organization. It was a group for advanced Justice for African Americans.
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Major conflict of violence with white Americans going after African Americans.
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Malcolm X was a human rights activist he played a big role in the civil rights movement. He was also a spokes person for the nation of Islam.
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De facto is the practice of segregation/ racial discrimination not mandated by the goverment. De Jure is racial segregation enforced by the law.
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Brown v. Board of Education of topeka was a Supreme Court case that kept African American Children out of school.
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Emmett Till was a 14 year old boy who got lynched in Mississippi for being accused of offending a white women in a store.
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Rosa Parks activist in the civil rights movement. She is known for the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political and social campaign against racism and segregation on public transportation.
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The little rock nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled in high school until the little rock school crisis happened.
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The Sit-Ins were a series of non violent protest in Greensboro North Carolina.
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Civil rights activist who rode interstate buses into segregated Southern United States.
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Movement group organized by the christian leadership group to bring attention to African Americans in Alabama.
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March on Washington was for jobs and freedom. The purpose of the march was to advocate for civil and economic rights for African Americans.
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Was a American Baptist minister and famous activist. He gave his famous speech "I Have A Dream".
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24th amendment was the right for the citizens to vote.
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Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination in the work place.
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March from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights was a three protest march and it took place along the 54 mile highway from Selma.
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Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibited racial discrimination in voting.
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The Black Panther Party was a group founded for self defense and was a political group.
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Thurgood Marshall was a American lawyer, he served as a associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
