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He helped closed some schools in the public schoolsystem so that the children wouldnt become intergraded.
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34th president off the United States. He was president during segrigation.
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He served as the 14th chief justice of the surpeme court. he was best known for his decision concerning segrigation in the schools.
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A court case saying that seperate but equal was constitutional
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He was a civil rights attorney and worked against discrimination casses he retired after 60 years practicing law.
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He was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and was the first African American Surpreme court justice.
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36th president of the United states. Kennedy proposed the civil rights bill but after he died Johnson finished what he started.
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They wanted to promote the well being of colored individuals
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She refused to give up her seat on a bus for a white person. She started the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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35th president of the United States. He served untill he was assassinated.
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American clergyman, activist, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement and was best known for his "I Have A Dream" speech.
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A court case between the board of educationa and thirteen Topeka Kansas parents. This court case made segregated schools unconstitutional.
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Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on the bus for a white person. Colored people boycotted the bus line untill they could sit where ever they want on the bus.
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An African American civil rights organization whos first president was Martin Luther King
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Nine students were intergraded into an all-white school. The National Guard was sent in to protect the students since there had been riots because of their presance.
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Four African American college students were refused service because they sat an white-only lunch counter. this was the start of peacefull protests around the country.
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A committee formed during the American Civil Right Movement by a group of college students after they met in a sit-in
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Dr. King used this speech as a cry for people to end racism in the United States. He said this to over 250'000 civil rights acticists on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
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It was one of the largest political rallies for human rights in American History.
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Eliminated discrimination against racial minorities and women, in registration for voting.
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Prohibits local governments the right to create any tests to see if someone is fit to vote
