Court Cases
This court case established that "Separate but Equal" was constitutional and fair. Which set the standard for Jim Crow Laws in the South.
Plessy v. Ferguson 1896
What state was the worst for progress towards equality in the 1960's?
Why did King focus his campaign there?
Alabama
He wanted to show everyone where we still needed progress to be made
What was the name of the first group of black students to attend an all white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas?
The Little Rock 9
This 1954 case overturned the "Separate but Equal" ruling from the Plessy v. Ferguson case and effectively began the desegregation of public schools
Brown v. Board 1954
Name 3 different types of peaceful protests that citizens of all races participated in to create awareness about injustice in segregated states?
Boycotts, sit-ins, freedom rides, marching, etc.
This 15-year-old girl refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger 9 months before Rosa Parks did, but the NAACP decided she wasn't the right person to be the face of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Claudette Colvin
Segregation that is REQUIRED BY LAW
De jure Segregation
This group was founded in the early 1900's and helped advance the rights of African Americans through legal support and taking on court cases involving the rights of those discriminated against.
NAACP
What was the significance of Executive Order 9981?
It desegregated the military for the first time in US History. This was the first major victory of the modern Civil Rights Movement.
Who created the United Farm Workers of America and boycotted grapes in California to bring awareness to unfair treatment of farm workers?
The separation of groups of people based on custom, circumstance and/or choices and it is NOT required by law
De facto Segregation
Plessy v. Ferguson set the precedent that "Separate but Equal" was constitutional. What court case eventually overturned this idea and in what year?
Brown v. Board 1954
What 3 ways were African American voting rights limited?
Poll taxes
Literacy tests
KKK (Fear & Intimidation)
What were the 2 states where the worst voting rights restrictions for black voters were present
Alabama & Mississippi
What two major laws were passed to increase participation in the political process?
24th Amendment (Eliminates poll taxes)
Voting Rights Act 1965 (Eliminates ALL voting restrictions)
What was the Results of the Children's March?
Birmingham was desegregated
Gained more attention for Civil Rights progress
Top selling movie at the box office this weekend?
Thunderbolts
This law signed by the President desegregated the entire military for the first time in US History. Many consider this to be the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.
Executive Order 9981