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A Supreme Court case that ruled the separation of races legal. Established "Seperate but equal" doctrine
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Civil rights organization. Their main purpose is to stop discrimination. Fought many Supreme Court cases against segregation. Stands for National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
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Nonviolent civil disobedience activists. Inspired Martin Luther King Jr.
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African Americans boycott using Montgomery Buses because of unequal bus rights.
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Supreme Court case that ruled separation of education for black and white students was unconstitutional.
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De jure was segregation established by law while De Facto established segregation by practice and custum.
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African American civil rights activists. Refused to give up her seat, on a bus, to a white man.
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African American was murdered by white men for calling a woman "baby". His murderers were put on trial and were found not guilty despite all the episode.
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African American civil rights activist. Led the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955. Made many political speeches and held rallies in order to protest segregation. He was assassinated in 1968.
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Group of African American students were transferred to Little Rock High School top start the integration of blacks into white schools.
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Mass violent riots towards African Americans who were protesting descrimination
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Civil Rights activists who rode through The South, in segregated buses, in order to protest segregation.
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A political rally to protest segregation. Over 200,000 people rallied in Washington D.C
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Political protests in Birmingham, Alabama. Many protesters were met with violence from citizens on Birmingham.
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Prohibited paying a toll for federal elections
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African American rights activists. Advocated arm self defense.
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A law that outlawed discrimination against different races, sex, national origin, or religion.
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African Americans peaceful protest from Selma to Montgomery. The protesters were beaten and met tear gas as they walked to Montgomery.
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Law that made it easier for African Americans to vote by eliminating examiners to enroll voters denied at the local level
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Founded to practice the self defense of minority communities against the US Government.
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First African American Supreme Court Justice.
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Nonviolent forms of protests towards descrimination
