Civil Rights Organizations and Their Protests

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This Civil Rights organization was designed to challenge the system of segregation through law suits and court battles. Most-famous protest: Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

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This Civil Rights organization was designed to peacefully protest against segregation in public places. Their most famous protest was the Freedom Riders bus rides across the South.

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The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

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This Civil Rights organization was designed by HBCU students to challenge segregation at public facilities. They famously refused to stand up from their seats in segregated restaurants and lunch counters.

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The Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

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This Civil Rights organization comprised of various Black pastors and their congregations. The goal was to protest segregation and voting restrictions. MLK was elected its president. Most famous protest: The March on Selma

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The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

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Brown v. Board of Education (1954 Supreme Court Ruling)

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Required that public schools be integrated.

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Loving v. Virginia (1967 Supreme Court Ruling)

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Prohibited restrictions on interracial marriage.

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Civil Right Act of 1964

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Prohibits segregation based on "race, color, religion, sex, or national origin."

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

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Prohibits segregation based on "race, color, religion, sex, or national origin."

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Equal Pay Act of 1963

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Inspired by the Civil Rights movement: requires men and women be paid equally by any business.

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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

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Inspired by the Civil Rights movement: Requires that people with disabilities be accommodated in public places.