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Plessy vs Ferguson
landmark decision of the US supreme court , legalized racism. -
Brown v Board of Education Topeka
The supreme court ruled racial segregation in schools illegal. This was a huge landmark in civil rights. -
Emmett Till
Teen boy brutally murdered while visiting family in Mississippi, for being a black boy flirting with a white woman in 1955. -
Rosa Parks
Woman who sparked the Montgomery bus boycott. She sparked this when she refused to give up her bus seat for a white man in 1955. -
Montgomery bus boycott
political and social protest against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit of Montgomery Alabama. -
Little Rock school integration
Blacks started at a high school and many people were against it. It spiraled out of control into insanity and forced the school to take extreme measures to ensure the safety of the new students. -
The Sit ins
Nonviolent protest against a Department store. They protested segregation. -
Freedom rides
Young African Americans participated in Bus trips through the American South in 1961. They protested bus segregation. -
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr./ Gandhi/ Thoreau/ Randolph
Peaceful protesters, King probably most famous of all. King inspired many with his "I Have A Dream" speech and helped create a massive change in civil rights in 1963. -
March on Birmingham Alabama
Young blacks began non violent protesting and walking in groups of 50 down to talk to the mayor about segregation. The police reacted violently and unfairly. -
March on Washington
A massive amount of people gathered in Washington. This was when Martin Luther King Jr gave his famous "I have a Dream" speech. -
24TH AMENDMENT
Stated that the United States couldn't give African Americans a hard time just to vote. This even included poor whites who were given a hard time, and this took away poll taxes too. -
De jure vs De facto segregation
De facto segregation is not mandated by the government. De jure segregation is enforced by the government, more modern Jim Crow Laws basically. This photo shows this discrimination perfectly, in schools. -
Civil Rights Acts of 1964
This ended segregation in public places.No matter race, sex, or religion segregation was no longer legal. -
Malcolm X
Civil rights activist, was big in the Islam community. He inspired many people and was eventually assassinated in 1965. -
March from Selma to Montgomery
People marched in protest of the barriers that stopped African Americans from voting. This called for Federal voting legislation. -
Voting rights act of 1965
Made discrimination in voting illegal. This got rid of things such as the literacy test. -
Thurgood Marshall
A civil rights activist, associate justice of the Supreme Court, and first African American member of the Supreme Court in 1967. -
Race Riots
Starting in Detroit, African Americans protesting. They protested violently against the police.
