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Civil disobedience
form of protest in which the participant does not comply with certain laws or pay taxes or fines as a peaceful form of political protest in where they try their best to not supply the governments hateful ideas. Henry David Thoreau was the founder of this -
Black Codes
Law passed in 1865 and 1866 to prohibit blacks from working in labor based economy jobs and if they did work it would low waged jobs and they would be in debt. -
Sharecropping/Tenant Farming
Form of agriculture in which a landowner can give their plot of land for rent and they get a small portion of crops or money made on their land and it is not ran by the government it is based on different situations and agreements -
Lynching
Punishment by government by hanging the person usualy aimed towards blacks as a form of punishment for the most smallest of crimes but that would also usually be public and everyone could watch it usually there was no legal trial -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Helped advance segregation in the south and created the phrase "separate but equal" and then ended segregation and upheld racial laws. -
Rosa Parks
Lady who was tired and didn't want to sit in the back of the bus so she decided to move to the front of the bus and didn't budge even when the bus driver told her and she helped start the bus boycott. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Ended segregation in school system and deemed it unconstitutional and ended white schools and black schools and created schools that were now integrated into one school for both black and whites -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Boycott started after Rosa Parks was denied being able to sit in the front of a bus and so civil right movement know as the Montgomery Bus Boycott began where civil rights activist spoke out on the segregation of public transportation. -
Emmett Till
Emmett Till was a 14 year old boy who was bruised beat in and lynched in Money MS because he and a couple of friends decided to talk to a white girl Emmitt was falsely accused and the woman fessed up and said he cause no harm to her but it was too late as Emmitt was already dead Emmitt's parents decided to have an open casket to show the world the effect of racism. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
it was a voting rights bill passed it was the first civil rights bill passed by congress since the civil rights act of 1875 this was also a show by congress to support the supreme courts decision on Brown v. Board of Education. -
Orval Faubus
36th Governor of Arkansas he was also a democrat. He sent out a national guard group for 9 african american students trying to go to school with whites and the national guard was only there to help them get to the school from there it was all up to the students to protect themselves. -
Little Rock Nine
group of 9 african american students permitted in an all white school in little rock Arkansas the school was Little Rock Central High School. They needed national guard assistance to make it to the school the whole event ended with Cooper v. Aaron. -
George Wallace
45th Governor of Alabama and served 2 nonconsecutive terms and was figured as the embodiment of the resistance of the civil rights movement. He also is well known for his quote of "serration today segregation tomorrow and segregation forever. -
Affirmative Action
An action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination especially in relation to employment or education -
Non-Violent Protest
Way of showing that African Americans are not savages in the way they demonstrate their beliefs and ways to not escelate racial tensions in a very hot political racial climate. -
Desegregation
It was the ending of a policy of racial segregation, segregation was a big thing in the 60s with jim crow laws segregating blacks and whites and desegragation ended that -
Jim Crow Laws
Laws that separated blacks and whites and the motto was "separate but equal" the laws prohibited blacks form going anywhere that they were not allowed and created colored only and whites only. -
CORE
It stands for Congress of Racial Equality it help organize civil rights movement for african americans in the civil rights movement. It was a pivotal part of the movement and help advance civil rights for AA -
SCLC
it stands for Southern Christian Leadership Conference it was an African American civil rights group who was lead by Martin Luther King Jr. this group had a large role in American Civil Rights Movement. -
Freedom Riders
Group of whites and blacks that in wake of public transport segregation wanted to break that barrier by taking public bus routes together in hopes to break that barrier but many did not agree with is and many busses were lit of fire and people were beat up and mostly whites took most damage since a lot of them were there to protect the blacks that were apart of the movement -
Cesar Chavez
American Labor leader and civil rights activist with help co found the Farm Workers Association in 1962 to help those migrant workers achieve getting jobs in farms and else where -
Sit in
form of protest to make your point what you would do is for example if a restaurant didn't allow you in because you were black many would sit at the counter and not leave and they did this for the whole day. -
Ole Miss Integration
James Meredith a black air force veteran tried gaining acceptance into the the U of Mississippi in Oxford but locals students ad committed segregationists tried to stop him from getting in because of his skin color. -
U of Alabama Intergration
"Segregation tomorrow! secretion forever!" was the motto the white students said at the university of Alabama as African Americans walked through the front doors as AA members attempted to desegregate schools at the university level and the state troopers blocked the door at the enrollment office. -
March On Washington
200,000 gathered in D.C. for a rally to help get black freedom and jobs and Martin Luther King Jr. also delivered his infamous speech "I have a dream" this rally was to challenge rulings on African Americans jobs or lack thereof -
Civil rights act of 1964
it was a landmark in civil rights that outlawed dissemination of race, color, sex, or national origin in terms of being hired for a job this was a stepping stone towards equality and achieving desegregation -
Lester Maddox
Restaurant owner of the Pick Rick even after the civil rights movement he still segregated his restaurant after he lost his civil case he decided to run for governor in georgia and running governor from 67 to 71 -
voting rights act of 1965
signed into law by lyndon b johnson it overcame local and state laws prohibiting african americans from voting so this allowed blacks to vote in national and local elections while they could vote originally certain laws and people tried stopping them from voting. -
Watts Riots
This riot aka the Watts Rebellion was a retaliation of an African American motorist gang after one of the members was arrested under the suspicion of drunk driving it took place in watts neighborhood in Los angels. -
Betty Friedan
She was an american writer feminist and ativist and she helped advance female rights and helped spark the second wave of feminism. and first president "NOW" -
Stokely Carmicheal
Trinidadian American who was a political activist and civil rights movement, he graduated Howard university he also moved to america at the age of 11. -
Black Panthers
The black version of the KKK it was a black ran group basically "black only" group that was wanting to promote black rights in a violent way and did to even make "black supremacy" -
Martin Luther King Jr.
He was an American Baptist minister who started the civivl right movement and was a very predominant movement representative. He created the motto of "I have a dream" he was later assassinated by white supremacist. -
Title IX
This Amendment protects those of sex race creed and color of any kind to have equal access to education as any other student. This also protects against education discrimination where everyone is given the same education and same workload and educational opportunity. -
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall was the first African American supreme court justice served from october 1967 to october 1991 he was the court's 96th justice. -
14th Amendment
Law that allows people naturally born in the United States to have citizenship and no state can take that away people born here can stay here since they were born on american soil they are americans -
13th amendment
Baned slavery and can't est. it in the future and can't start and form of servitude to any group of people at all. This helps because now we not slavery cants exist and low to no income jobs can't be created -
15th Amendment
This amendment protects anyone and everyone from improper voting. Anyone can vote and that civil right cannot be taken away unless you are not a citizen of the united states then you are not protected under the 15th amendment. -
Hector P. Garcia
He was Mexican American physician a surgeon a world war II veteran also a civil rights activist and also founded the American G.I. Forum.
