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Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, and historian -
De jure vs. De Facto Segregation
De jure was segregation implied by law and De facto was segregation existed by practices and customs. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
The Plessy v. Ferguson case was an important Supreme Court decision. The Court ruled on the concept of 'separate but equal' and set back civil rights in the United States for decades to come. -
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Interracial American organization created to work against the segregation and discrimination in housing, education, employment, voting, and transportation. -
Philip Randolph
Randolph organized and led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. -
Gandhi
Gandhi,an Indian independence leader, begins a defiant march to the sea in protest of the British monopoly on salt. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Supreme court ruled that "separate but equal" education for black and white students was unconstitutional -
Emmett Till
Emmett Till is found dead after allegedly flirting with a white women. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on the Montgomery Bus. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Blacks boycott the Montgomery Ala public bus system for a year after Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat. -
Little Rock School Interagation
Nine African American students enrolled at formerly all-white Central High School and the Supreme Court ruled that declared segregation was unconstitutional. -
Sit-ins
Students across the country stage sit-ins to protest the segragation in resturants. -
Freedom Riders
Volunteers travel around the South by bus in an attempt to desegregate bus terminals. -
March on Birmingham Alabama
Movement organized in early 1963 by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to bring attention to the integration efforts of African Americans in Birmingham, Alabama -
March on Washington
200,000 people marched on Washington,D.C -
Dr.Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King meets with President John F. Kennedy and after their meeting Dr. King delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. -
24th amendment
The United States ratified the 24th Amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting any poll tax in elections for federal officials. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Prohibited discrimination on the basis of race,sex,national origin ,or religion in public places and workplaces. -
Race Riots
Mass racial violence against certain ethnic groups began. -
Malcom X
Malcolm X an outspoken activists who was against the poor treatment of blacks was assassinated. -
March from Selma to Mongomery for Voting Rights
Martin Luther King leds thousands of nonviolent demonstrators to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Eliminated the literacy test that had disqualified many voters -
Black Panther Party
Organization created to collectively combat white oppression. -
Thurgood Marshall
Marshall was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice and became the first African American to serve on the nation's highest court.
