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Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision in the jurisprudence of the United States, upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal".[1] -
Emmett Till
Emmett Till was an African American boy who was murdered in Mississippi at the age of 14 for illegibly flirting with a white woman. The womans husband later found out how Emmett Till talked to his wife, then found Emmitt and forced him into their car. The womens husband then drove him down to Tallahatchie River and drowned him, where he was found three days later. Emmitt Tills mother wanted to have an an open-casket funeral so that all the world could see what racist murderers had done. -
Executive Order 9981
Executive order issued by president Harry S. Truman, it abolished racial discrimination in United States Armed Forces, and also led to desegregation in the force. -
Brown v. Board of Education
The Brown v. Board of Education was a United States Supreme Court case which the court declared state laws saying that separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. This ruling was very significant in our history because it marked the way for integration and a major success of the Civil Rights Movement. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to obey her bus driver James F. Blake's order to give up her seat, after white section was filled. Her arrest sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott. -
SCLC
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is an African-American civil rights organization. SCLC was closely associated with its first president, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and had a big imapct on the Civil Rights Movement. -
Little Rock Nine
The law passed saying that segregation in schools was unconstitutional. Little Rock Nine were the nine African American students who were enrolled in originally an all white school; they were apart of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High. Throughout this process, they ran into many problems but successfully desegregated schools. -
Chicano Movement
The Chicano Movement, also known as the Chicano Civil Rights Movement, Mexican-American Civil Rights Movement and El Movimiento, was part of the American Civil Rights Movement that sought political empowerment and social inclusion for Mexican-Americans around a generally nationalist argument. The Chicano movement blossomed in the 1960s and was active through the late 1970s in various regions of the U.S. The movement had roots in the civil rights struggles that had preceded it, adding to it the c -
Woolworth Sit-Ins
Four black students walked into the Woolworth Five-and-Dime wanting to order lunch but stayed til after closing. The second day they came back with 15 others, the third day they came back with 300, by the fourth day there were more than a 1,000 that joined. This sparked the desegregation at restaurants. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Comittee
SNCC was one of the organizations of the American Civil Rights Movements in 1960s. This organization mainly focused on black power, and then later protesting against the Vietnam War. SNCC played a huge role in the sit-ins, freedom rides, and a leading role in the March On Washington. -
Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders were civil rights activist who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern states. Segregated buses were illegal, although the southern states ignored the rulings. The Freedom Rides goal was to challenge the federal government to the point where they must enforce them to obey the rulings. -
James Howard Meredith
James Howard Meredith (born June 25, 1933) is an American civil rights movement figure, a writer, and a political adviser. In 1962, he was the first African-American student admitted to the segregated University of Mississippi, an event that was a flashpoint in the American civil rights movement. -
24th Amendment
Prohibits congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote during federal elections on a payment of a poll tax or other types of taxes. Proposed Aug. 27, 1962, ratified Jan. 23, 1964. -
“Bull” Connor uses fire hoses on black demonstrators
During the Birmingham Campaign "Bull" Connor started the trend of releasing police attack dogs and spraying protesters with high pressure water-jets. -
The Letter from Birmingham Jail
The Letter from Birmingham Jail is an open letter written on April 16, 1963, by Martin Luther King, Jr.
The letter defends the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism, arguing that people have a moral responsibility to break unjust laws. After an early setback, it enjoyed widespread publication and became a key text for the American civil rights movement of the early 1960s. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington was one of the biggest political rallies for American Rights in United States history, This rally took place in Washington and called for civil and economic rights for African Americans. Martin Luther King tood in front of the Lincoln Memorial and delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech in hopes to end racism. -
16th Street Baptist Church bombing
The 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama was bombed on Sunday, September 15, 1963 as an act of white supremacist terrorism. The explosion at the African-American church, which killed four girls, marked a turning point in the United States 1960s Civil Rights Movement and contributed to support for passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. -
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The 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
The 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama was bombed on Sunday, September 15, 1963 as an act of white supremacist terrorism. The explosion at the African-American church, which killed four girls, marked a turning point in the United States 1960s Civil Rights Movement and contributed to support for passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. -
Murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner
In June of 1964, three Civil Rights Workers, one Black, Catholic, Mississippian and two White, Jewish New Yorkers, were reported missing in Mississippi. No one seriously believed they would be seen alive again. These men were James Earl Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Pub.L. 88–352, 78 Stat. 241, enacted July 2, 1964) is a landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the United States that outlawed major forms of discrimination against racial, ethnic, national and religious minorities, and women. It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public -
Malcolm X Assassinated
African American nationalist and religious leader was assisinated by a rival Black Muslims while he was addressing his Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights. -
Civil Rights Acts of 1965
The Civil Rights Act is also known as the Voting Rights Act, which took place August 6, 1965. This law was passed after a century of denial and discrimination of voting to the African American community. This act was very significant because it banned racial discrimination or social class by allowing anyone to vote. -
Los Angeles Race Riots 1965 - Watts Riot
The Los Angeles Race Riots 1965 was a race riot that took place in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles from August 11 to 17, 1965. It was the most severe riot in the city's history until the Los Angeles riots of 1992. -
Executive Order 11246
Prohibits federal contractors and subcontractors and federally assisted construction contractors and subcontractors that generally have contracts and exceed $10,000 from discriminating in employment decisions. It requires employers to take affirmative action to ensure that equal opportunity is provided in all aspects of their employment. -
Black Panthers Founded
Black revolutionary socialist organization active in the United States from 1966-1982. (Panther-Party for Self Defense) Founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, initially established for the protection of black neighborhoods from police brutality. -
Loving vs. Virginia
Case brought by Mildred Loving and Richard Loving, and interracial couple. They were sentenced to a year in prison for marrying each other; this case was a landmark invalidating laws prohibiting interracial marriage. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader of the African-American civil rights movement and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who became known for his advancement of civil rights by using civil disobedience. He was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968, at the age of 39. -
Civil Rights Act 1968
The Civil Rights Act of 1968 was a landmark piece of legislation in the United States that called for equal housing opportunities. This act is also commonly known as the Fair Housing Act, this act expanded on previous acts and prohibited discrimination based on race, religion, or national origin. -
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday, sometimes called the Bogside Massacre was an incident on 30 January 1972 in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland, in which 26 civil-rights protesters and bystanders were shot by soldiers of the British Army. -
Voting Rights Act 1991
Passed after employees were given limited rights and discrimated againts they sued their employers. Started from the Civil RIghts act of 1964, George H.W. Bush signed the act into law Nov 21. 1991. -
The Los Angeles Race Riots
The Los Angeles Race Riots were a series of riots, ootings, arsons and civil disturbance that occurred in Los Angeles County, California. The civil disturbance that caused these series of riots was when four Los Angeles police officers that had been beating an unarmed African American in an amateur video. They were the largest riots seen in the United States since the 1960s and has the worst number of deaths after the New York City draft riots.
