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the U.S. Supreme Court in which Court ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional. This overturned the separate but equal ideology that made racial segregation in America worse. This meant no school was allowed to turn a student down for racial reasons.
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She was the leader of an organization similar to a black panther that stood against the racial oppression of African Americans. She got arrested on a bus because she refused to give up her seat to a white lady. This started inspiring others to stand up against the racial oppression of African Americans.
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This was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation in the public transit system. This was part of the civil rights movement in the United States. African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest against segregated seating.
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This was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. These students got death threats and were originally denied by the school which was ordered by the governor. Through their years at the school, they had to have body guards in order to graduate.
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The sit-ins were a form of protest used to oppose segregation. This was a form of promotes that were aimed to change political, social, or economic issues or difference. These protesters gathered in an area and refused to move until their demands were met.
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They were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States. This was to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court decisions Morgan v. Virginia. They claimed this act was unconstitutional.
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These were movements organized by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. They were movements that brought attention to the integration efforts of African Americans in Birmingham, Alabama. They tried to stop the integration efforts of African Americans as much as possible.
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This march's purpose was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. Specifically the rights and equality for jobs and freedom for Black Americans. This event was a turning point for equal rights in America for Black Americans, mainly because they had about 200, 000 people come to D.C to support this movement.
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JFK was the 35th president at the time and was assassinated it was so to be said because he was helping African Americans gain rights in the US. Lyndon B Johnson took over for him once he died during his term of presidency. He was killed sitting in a car going down Dallas next to his wife.
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The Mississippi Summer was a voter registration drive that aimed at increasing the number of registered Black voters in Mississippi. Their objective was to encourage black. neighborhoods to register for voting. This movement ended up establishing about 40 freedom schools.
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This legal action resulted in the outlaw of segregation in spaces open to the public like restaurants, hotels, transport, and more. It also prohibited discrimination in employment by race or gender. Lastly, The brown vs board of education helped push towards this act and the civil rights act in America.
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These were marches organized by nonviolent activists that tried to promote the fact that it is a constitutional right for African Americans to have the right to vote. These marches had thousands of protesters that were in agreement with the mission of the marches. Many of these marches as well raise attention to what was happening in America nationwide.
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Voting Rights Act of 65 principal specifically prohibits literacy tests and poll taxes. This test was mandatory for all to take basically saying you can read that allowed you to then register to vote once you passed. This was unfair and discriminatory because they could give black Americans hard things to read and white Americans easier things to read.
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MLK was a Baptist minister and activist for American civil rights in America. He was assassinated in Memphis Tennessee, his assassination got caught, and was sentenced to 100 years of prison. This was a major tragedy for the civil rights movement for African Americans because he was also a major spokesman that inspired many to take action upon changing American civil rights for the better.
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