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trial that allowed segregation as long as treated 'equally"
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Oldest Civil rights organization, with more than half a million members
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spoke out against racism as a civil rights activist
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Segragation became ilegal because ruled unconstitutional
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lawyer known for Brown vs. Board victory
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De jure is segregation by law and De Facto is segregation of neighborhood and assosciation
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14 year old boy lynched after calling white woman baby
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refused to give up seat on bus for white person, called "mother of freedom movement"
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led Montgomery bus boycott 1955
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African Americans boycotting public buses when Rosa Parks arrested for not giving up her seat
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Nine black students segregated from a school
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groups of black kids sitting down in white-only seats
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a civil rights group traveling in buses battling segregation by trying to use "white-only" things
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From May 2-5,thousands of kids marched demanding their rights
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about 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington D.C. for political rally, Martin Luther king Jr. gave "i have a dream" speech
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prohibited poll tax in elections
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discrimination in any way became illegal
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followed by shooting of 15 year old by off duty white officer, roughly 8000 rioted on streets of Harlem
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Martin Luther King Jr. led thousands on a 54 mile march from Selma to Montgomery
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aimed to overcome barriers that prevented blacks exercising their rights
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revolutionary black nationalist/ socialist organization
