Civil Rights
Movement
Jackie Robinson
 First
African American baseball player to
cross the color lines
Brown vs. Board of Education
 Declares
that segregation is
unconstitutional
Plessy vs. Ferguson
 1896
the Supreme Court decides that
“separate but equal “ is legal
 Segregated
facilities are legal
Sweatt vs. Painter
 Allowed
an African American man named
Herman Sweatt to attend the University of
Texas law school when he was originally
denied
Thurgood Marshall
 NAACP
lawyer that argues the Brown
Decision and wins the case to end
segregation
Earl Warren
 The
chief Justice that hears the case in
Brown vs. the Board of Education
Montgomery Bus Boycott
 Rosa
Parks a NAACP member refuses to
give up her seat to a white passenger
 Her
and Martin Luther King Jr, begin to
boycott public transportation to end
segregated buses, trains, etc.
Civil Rights Act 1957
 Act
increased voting for African
Americans in the southern states
Orval Faubus
 Governor
of Arkansas who favored
segregation and prevented nine African
American students from entering Little
Rock High School
 Little
Rock Nine were threatened by mobs
of angry citizens
 President
Eisenhower ordered federal
troops to escort these students into the
building
Sit Ins and Freedom Rides
 Sit
ins a lunch counters and rides with
interracial students on public
transportation encouraged desegregation
of these facilities
Letter from Birmingham Jail

Civil Disobedience- resistance to injustice
through non-violent actions such as peaceful
boycotts, walkouts, picketing, demonstrations

During a peaceful protest in Alabama Martin
Luther King Jr was arrested and in jail he wrote a
letter describing why African Americans could
no longer wait patiently for justice.
The March on Washington
A
march in Washington that was designed
to put pressure on Congress to pass new
Civil Rights laws
 It
was the largest demonstration for human
rights in American history
Civil Rights Act of 1964
 Prohibits
discrimination based on race,
color, religion, or ethnic origin in hotels,
restaurants and all places of employment
doing business with the federal
government
 This
act also cut off federal aid to schools
that were still segregated
Twenty fourth amendment
 Eliminates
poll taxes
Voting Rights Act of 1965
 Act
ended poll taxes, suspended literacy
tests and led to an increase in African
American voter rights