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Constitutional upholding basically saying "seperate but equal". Meaning it was constutional if blacks and whites were segregated but had equal services
plessy vs ferguson -
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Founded in 1942 in april of 1947 they sent 8 white and 8 black males to a supreme court ruling that declared segragated travel unconstitutional.
core -
The first black baseball player in the MLB. He played 2nd base, signed to the Brooklyn Dodgers and was named rookie of the year in 1947
jackie robinson -
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Challenged the constitutional racial segregation in public schools. Consisted of 5 cases under one name Kansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, South Carolina, and Virginia ultimatly ending segregation in public schools.
brown vs board -
boycott lasting 381 days that only ended because of the desegragation on the mongomery bus system
sclc -
A resolution signed by 19 senators and 77 house represenatives codemming the 1954 brown vs board case results.
southern manifesto -
Important to the desegration of public schools because of the nine children know as little rock nine entered the previously all white school.
little rock -
Simple descisions in the first meeting made it clear that this would be a nonviolent organization.
sclc -
A sit-in where blacks would sit in white only areas and not move. This was a nonviolent action but effective none the less
greensboro -
Led by young Reverand Dr.Martian Luther King Jr. and created by Ella Baker.
SNCC -
Consisting of 13 riders 6 white and 7 black their plan was to travel the south and help desegragate things but when three men were attacked it was called off
freedom rides -
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Click this link to see the letter Dr.Martin Luther King wrote while in jail.
letter from bringingham jail -
A civil rights activist from Mississippi he fought in world war 2, came home became a civil rights activist and eventually was shot in the back which was his cause of death.
medgar evers -
200,000+ americans gathered at Washington to demand jobs and rights this is where Martin Luther King gave his "I have a dream speech"
march on washington -
Bombed by the Ku Klux Klan and located in one of the most important cites in the state. This bombing killed four little girls.
bombing of bringingham church -
Three failed attempts to perform the same march. Only after President Johnson supported them was the fourth march successful
selma rto montgomery march -
Ending all discrimination and segregation this was passed by John F. Kennedy's succsesor Lyndon B. Johnson although it was proposed by John F. Kennedy.
14th ammend -
A voter registrating project started in Mississipi but was part of a larger effort by CORE and SNCC to expand voting rights in the south.
mississippi freedom summer -
Unlike Martin Luther King Malcolm was all about self-defense by ny means nescasary. Malcolm Little wasn't known as Malcom X till he got to jail and the X stood for his stolen African identity.
Malcolm X -
Law signed in by President Johnson allowing blacks to vote
voting rights -
First black to attend the University of Mississippi in 1962. Also became a republican civil rights activist in the 1960's
James Meridith -
Largest black revolution organization in America. Formed in 1966
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Martin Luther King Jr.King was assassinated after going to Tennesee to support a sanations worker strike and giving a speech
