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The Congress of Racial Equality
U.S. civil rights organization that played a huge role for African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education was a 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
Emmett Louis Till was an African American who was lynched in Mississippi at the age of 14 for supposedly flirting with a white woman. -
Rosa Parks/Montgomry Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat for a white man, so she was arrested. As a result, African Americans refused to ride the bus for over a year. (Until December 20, 1956) -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is an African American civil rights organization. It is associated with MLK and played a huge role in the Civil Rights Movement -
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
A Civil Rights organization which consistedof students who wanted to gain equality. The organization is famous for the Sit-In Movement. -
Letter from Birmingham Jail
The Letter from Birmingham Jail is an letter written on April 16, 1963, by Martin Luther King, Jr to a fellow clergyman. The letter defends the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism. -
“I Have a Dream” Speech
A speech delivered by Martin Luther King in which he calls for an end to racism and civil rights. It was delivered to civil rights supporters. The speech was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement -
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama, bombing
The bombing was an act of white supremacist terrorism which occurred at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Four deaths occurred as a result of the bombing -
24th Amendment
The 24th amendment was important to the Civil Rights Movement as it ended mandatory poll taxes that prevented many African Americans. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
It made racial discrimination illegal in places of public accommodation and it prohibited discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, national origin,
religion, or gender. -
Malcolm X Assassination
Malcolm X was assassinated by rival Black Muslims while addressing his Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights. -
Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama
State troopers violently attacked the peaceful demonstrators in an attempt to stop the march for voting rights. -
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
It was signed by President Lyndon Johnson to overcome barriers that prevented African Americans from voting under the 15th Amendment. -
Executive Order 11246—Affirmative Action
It prohibiting employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, and national origin by those organizations receiving federal contracts and subcontracts. Also, there was to be equal opportunity for women and minorities. -
Stokely Carmichael
He was a Trinidadian American revolutionary active in the Civil Rights Movement. He was a national chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committe. He is credited with popularizing the term "Black Power." -
The Black Panthers
It was a revolutionary black nationalist and socialist organization active in the United States which used more violent and confrontational strategies to achieve racial equality. -
Martin Luther King Assassination
MLK was killed by a single shot by James Earl Ray which struck his face and neck. He was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1968
It prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin and sex.
