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24th amendment
constitution of united states or America 1789 ended mandatory poll taxes that prevented many African americans. -
plessy v. ferguson
plessy v. ferguson was about blacks and whites and making each other equal. -
National Association for the Advancement of color people (NAACP)
This was one for the first civil rights organization. -
race roits
in lake Michigan a African-American teenager drowned after a beating from a group of white men. end of the event 15 white men died and 23 blacks died and more than 500 were injured. -
De jure vs. De Facto segregation
its segregation by law and segregation by custom -
brown v. board of education of topeka
this is where the supreme court announced that blacks and whites are separated for school and education. -
little rock school intergration
nine black students was enrolled in to a all-white people school called the central high school little rock. and at the end th "little rock nine" started their first full day at school. -
rosa parks
rosa parks was famous for refusing to leave her seat after a white man told her to. -
emmett till
he was a 14 year old boy who was brutally murdered for flirting with a white girl. -
montgomery bus boycott
African American people refuse to rid the Montgomery bus boycott. before this happened rosa parks was a women that refused her seat for a white man. -
the sit-ins
early in 1960's African americans at collage protested in the lunch area in Greensboro, they got arrested for disturbing the peace and trespassing. -
freedom rides
600 white men angry attacked at bus, as they were smashing windows to tossing a fire bomb. people were trying to provoke violence reaction that would convince the law to do something about it. -
thurgood marshall
he was civil rights and U.S supreme court advocate. -
march on birminham, alabama
they finally removed the "white-only" and "black-only" signs from the bathroom and water fountains. -
march on washington
this was one of the most important event in history,it was the martain luther king speech "I have a dream speech" -
civil rights act of 1964
blacks were finally allowed to go in any public places schools, restraints, stores and also voting rights. -
march from selma to montgomery for voting rights
martin luther king was leading thousands of noviolant demonsratators to the steps of Montgomery. -
voting rights act of 1965
president Lyndon Johnson was allowing for African americans to vote under the 15 amendment. -
Black Panther Party
it was the black political organization -
Dr. Martain luther kings jr
he was another famous person because he read he speech called "i have a dream" -
malcolm X
he was arrested for burglary at age 2. he spoke for all the poor treated black people.
