Segregation
This was discimination of housing (e.g. mortgages) based on race and the separation of neighborhoods.
Redlining
This Supreme Court case ruled that "separate can never be equal." It originally applied to schools but worked to end Jim Crow Laws.
Brown v. Board
This action by white supremacist groups was the illegal targeted murder of black people but is different from assassination because it is targeted based on a belief that the victim has done something wrong or committed a crime.
Lynching
This form of protest is an intentional breaking of unjust laws and the peaceful acceptance of punishment.
Civil Disobedience
This civil rights leader advocated for peaceful protesting, believed in integration, and had white supporters because of his Christian background.
Martin Luther King Jr.
This list of laws attempted to continue pre-Civil War society by limiting African-American freedoms, but was struck down as unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment.
Black Codes
This act outlawed literacy tests, poll taxes, and gerrymandering. (1965)
Voting Rights Act
This action by white supremacist groups was a common threat toward people of color. When Virginia passed a law saying you can't do it, Barry Elton Black argued that it violated the 1st Amendment, but SCOTUS ruled that it didn't because of the intent to threaten.
Cross Burning
This form of protest is occupying a space at the inconvenience of another until a specific change is made.
Sit-In
Malcom X
These kinds of laws replaced the Black Codes with segregation laws, especially in publicly accessible areas. (Name originated from a blackface character based on black stereotypes played in theater.)
This amendment federally outlawed poll taxes.
24th Amendment
Most state and local governments failed to step in and protect African Americans against lynchings because of this.
Many government employees were members of the KKK, and lynchings were a practice accepted by white society.
This form of peaceful protest is a refusal to deal with a particular person, business, or country in order to force economic pressure to create change.
Boycott
In this case where a colored man was forced to move to a different car, SCOTUS ruled that Jim Crow Laws upheld the 14th Amendment because they are "separate but equal." (Considered to probably be a "setup case.")
Plessy v. Fergeson
This act made housing discrimination based on race, color, familial status, age, handicap, and other things illegal and allowed victims of housing discrimination to file with the Department of Housing.
Fair Housing Act
This form of peaceful protest uses pre-existing political/legal structures to create a legislative change.
Political Change
Along with minorities and abolitionists, these kinds of people often opposed the Plessy v. Fergeson ruling.
Business Owners
This form of protest is a public gathering to communicate a message without the use of violence (can be very emotional).
Peaceful Demonstration