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court case that established "separate but equal" facilities for blacks and whites |
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NAACP lawyer who was involved in the Brown v. Board of Education case |
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Brown v. Board of Education |
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court decision that ruled segregation in schools unconstitutional |
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How did World WWII set the stage for the Civil Rights Movement? |
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1. African Americans served in the army 2. African Americans went to work 3. African Americans started fighting for their rights |
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Black students that volunteered to integrate Central High School; whites tried to stop them from going to school |
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African American woman who refused to give up her seat on a bus for a white person and was arrested |
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African American leader of the Civil Rights movement; known for his leadership in SCLC and his famous "I Have a Dream" speech |
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference; used nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience |
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refusing to obey unfair laws examples: sit-ins, marches |
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; group of students that fought segregation; involved in the sit-ins and Freedom Rides |
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when African Americans sat at segregated lunch counters and refused to leave |
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whites and blacks rode on buses to challenge segregation in bus terminals |
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first African American student at University of Mississippi; faced violence |
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1963 march to persuade Congress to pass a civil rights bill -MLK gave his "I Have a Dream" speech here |
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made discrimination based on race, religion and gender illegal and public places open to all people |
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college students from the North went down South to help African Americans register to vote |
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civil rights activist that tried to get seats in Mississippi's all-white Democratic Party; they were only offered 2 seats |
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Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
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people could not be denied the right to vote based on race |
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segregation by practice or custom |
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leader in the Nation of Islam; believed that blacks should live separate from whites |
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leader of SNCC who first used the phrase Black Power |
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belief that African Americans should develop pride in their race and lead their own organizations |
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group that believed in self-defense and helping people living in ghettos |
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ended discrimination in housing |
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making special efforts to hire people from minority groups |
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