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plessy v. Ferguson
The supreme court ruled that segregation was legal as each race was provided equal facilities. Seperate but equal became the law of the land . -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Linda Brown a little girl who had to cross a railroad yard and then take a bus for twenty-one blocks to an all black school when there was an all white school a few blocks from her house. The case got taken to court and public schools would be intergrated -
Little Rock School Integration
9 Black students were to be enrolled with the 2 thousand white students but the night before classes were scheduled to begin Governor Faubus Called out the National Guardand stationed it around the school with fixed bayonets and turned the 9 black youngsters away. The guards were remved so they tried again and white mob was created so they were forced to leave finally Einsenhower ordered troops to protect the nine black students so they can go to school -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
It was a bright spot in the civil rights movement. it produced an oganization, a leader, and a technique. -
The sit-ins
a new tactic was added to the peaceful activists' strategy. Four African American college students walked up to a whites-only lunch counter at the local WOOLWORTH'S store in Greensboro, North Carolina, and asked for coffee. When service was refused, the students sat patiently. Despite threats and intimidation, the students sat quietly and waited to be served. -
Freedom Rides
Peck and other freedom riders hoped to provoke a violent reaction that would convince the kennedy administration to enforce the law -
24th Amendment
prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax. -
March on washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, -
March on Birmingham Alabama
a movement organized in early 1963 by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) to bring attention to the integration efforts of African Americans in Birmingham, Alabama. Led by Martin Luther King, Jr. -
race riots
MLK led 30,000 african americans in a march on city hall one of the worst riots were in the streets of watts 34 people killed and hundreds of millions of dollars worth of property was destroyed -
Voting Rights Act
The act eliminated the so-called literacy tests that had disqualified many voters and also federal examiners could enroll voters who had been denied suffurage by local officials -
March from Elma to Montgomery for voting rights
the focus of its efforts to register black voters in the South. That March, protesters attempting to march from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery were met with violent resistance by state and local authorities. (under the protection of federalized National Guard troops) finally achieved their goal, walking around the clock for three days to reach Montgomery. -
De jore vs De Facto segregation
De Facto segregation can be harder to fight because eliminating it requires changing peoples attitudes rather than repealing laws -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Prohibited discrimination because of race, religion, national origin, and gender
