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Plessy v Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision upholding the state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the saying of "separate but equal". -
NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States. It was important to the blacks to stay strong and together through rough times so they made the NAACP -
Brown v Board
Brown v. Board was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
Emmett Till Murder
Emmett Till had gotten murdered for getting blamed for flirting with a white girl and back then racism was big. Emmett was killed by two white men and the two men were found not guilty. -
Little Rock Crisis
Little Rock Crisis delt with students not going to the same schools meaning the blacks had to be seperated from the whites even if a black person lives right next to a white school you cannot go their. -
Sit Ins
Sit in's were also in affect back in the 1960's with the racism still in the south. So , a group a blacks were going into a ALL-white resturant or sit in and would sit all together . They would not be served and were getting stuff thrown at them because of the racism in the south. -
Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961. With the importance of the Jim Crow law, and dividing the seats from blacks and whites. -
Intergration of Ole Miss
Intergration of Ole Miss was dealt with because of black man trying to enroll into the University of Ole Miss , and was crowded by a group of southern segregationalist civilians which were not happy due to racism back in the the 1960's . -
Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer had to deal with African Americans getting to vote in Mississippi which historicallt blacks weren't able to vote back in the day but it was an attempt to let the blacks vote. -
1967 Race Riots
The 1967 Race Riots was a violent public disorder that turned into a civil disturbance in Detroit, Michigan.
