US History Unit 9 Civil Rights Movement

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NAACP

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; used the court system to help bring about equality

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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The Supreme Court ruling that "separate but equal" was constitutional

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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

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"Separate but equal" in public schools was ruled to be unconstitutional; the Supreme Court later ordered public schools to be integrated with "all deliberate speed"

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Montgomery Bus Boycott

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Protest in 1955-1956 by African Americans against racial segregation in the bus system of Montgomery, Alabama

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nonviolent protest/civil disobedience

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A way of bringing change without using violence

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sit-in

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Nonviolent protests in which a person sits and refuses to leave

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Freedom Rides

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A series of political protests against segregation by blacks and whites who rode buses together through the American South in 1961

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March on Washington

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A march held in 1963 to show support for a civil rights bill that was in Congress; MLK Jr. gave his famous "I have a dream..." speech; 250,000 people attended the rally

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Selma March

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Three marches in 1965 that marked the political and emotional peak of the American civil rights movement; "Bloody Sunday" inspired many to participate.

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Lyndon Johnson

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President during the 1960's who pushed through the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965