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de jure segregation
Racial separation that is required by law is known as de jure segregation. The Supreme Court first approved of de jure segregation in Plessy v. Ferguson case in 1896. and blacks and whites were separated -
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Plessy vs. Ferguson
Plessy vs. ferguson is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision the United States made due to upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation. Argued April 13, 1896.
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malcom x
Malcolm x was born May 19, 1925, was an African-American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist. -
Stokely Charmichael
On 29th June, 1941 Stokely Carmichael was born and became a member of the Freedom Riders. He made speeches about black power and things like this and got arrested a lot. He also advocated that coloreds should form their own organizations and urged a complete rejection of the values of American society. -
Brown vs. board of education
Brown vs. board of education was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students denied black children equal educational opportunities. The decision overturned earlier rulings going back to Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896. -
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montgomery bus boycott
December 1, 1955, rosa parks refused to give up her front seat on the buss to a white man and got arrested for it. this made the colored people very mad so they boycotted the bus from 1955 to 1956. -
S.C.L.C.
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is an American civil rights organization. SCLC was closely associated with its first president, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The SCLC had a large role in the American Civil Rights Movement. -
little rock nine
The Little Rock Nine were a group of African-American students who were enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. and the whites got very mad that they had to share their school with coloreds and there was some violence but now they all get along. -
freedom riders
Freedom Riders were Civil Rights activists who rode on interstate buses into the segregated southern United States to test the United States Supreme Court decision Boynton v. Virginia . -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. born January 15, 1929. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and he was the boss man of the NAACP. he spoke of non violence and how blacks and whites should get along because they are all equal. Thats what his "I have a dream" speach was about. -
freedom summer
Freedom Summer was a campaign in the United States launched in June 1964 to attempt to register as many colored voters as possible in Mississippi, which up to that time had almost totally excluded black voters. Also called the Mississippi Summer Project. -
Black Panthers
The black panthers were a black power organization formed in the mid 1960s who were very militant and political to prove their point that all men should be treated equally, that blacks should have all the same rights as the white folks do. -
selma march
in 1965 the Selma to Montgomery marches took place. The first march took place on March 7, 1965. the marchers were beat up by cops so they did two more marches to prove their point which was something about voting rights in Selma, Alabama -
voting rights act of 1965
the national voting rights act of 1965 permitted african americans to vote. The Act prohibited states from imposing any "voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure ... to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color. -
kerner commision
The Commission's report, the Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders or Kerner Report was released on February 29, 1968 -
Martin Luther King jr. assasanation
April 4, 1968 at 6pm Martin Luther King jr. was shot on the second floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel, in Memphis, Tennesse. he was 39 years old -
civil rights act of 1968
President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 which was meant to follow up and the civil rights act of 1964.The act did things on previous acts and bannned discrimination on the sale of housing based on race, religion, national origin, and as of 1974, gender; as of 1988, the act protects the disabled and families with children. It also provided protection for civil rights workers. -
de facto segregation
De facto was racial discrimination or segregation in the USA during the fifties and sixties. De facto is a Latin expression that means "matter of fact".