Why was the civil War fought?
To end Slavery
What was the social movement that took place in the 1950s and 1960s called?
Civil Right Movemement
SCLC
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
What started the montogmery bus boycott 1955?
Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat
Affirmation Action
What amendment was passes in 1868?
14 Amendment
Segregation by law is called what?
De jure segregation
CORE
Congress of Racial Equailty
What happened in Little Rock Nine?
Federal troops weere called to restore order as a group of black students tried to enroll in a all white highschool.
Plessy v. Ferguson of 1896 considered what to be equal?
restrooms
De facto segregation
segregation by custom or practice
Founded in Raleigh, NC
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Sit-in
What did Black Amercians face with employment and education?
Discrimation
What did the court do in the Brown v. Board of Education cases?
Overturn ed the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision
Minister from Alambama who became an important leader
M.L.K. Jr.
What id d Freedom Riders do?
Rode buses from the northen States to the South that were not segregated
In what places were Black Amercians Segregated?
housing, transportation, schools, and public areas
What is intergration
process of ending segregation
What does NAACP stand for?
National Placement for the Advancement of Colored People
What speech was given during the March on Washingston
I have a Dream Speech