civil rights

Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.

• Sweatt v. Painter
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Mendez v. Kirby ISD

Court case that ruled that segregated schools are inherently unequal, ending the separate but equal doctrine.

• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Sweatt v. Painter
• Delgado v. Bastrop ISD

Written by MLK, pushed for the use of civil disobedience to change unjust laws immediately

• Black Star
• Gospel of Wealth
• Letter from a Birmingham Jail
• Common Sense

Protest that led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, where MLK delivered his "I Have A Dream" Speech

• Selma March
• Birmingham Bus Boycott
• March on Washington
• Freedom Summer

Eliminated literacy tests and poll taxes in all elections.

• Voting Rights Act of 1965
• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Letter from a Birmingham Jail
• Affirmative Action

Effort to desegregate interstate transportation by integrated passengers riding buses from the north to the south.

• Sit-Ins
• Montgomery Bus Boycott
• Freedom Rides
• Black Star Cruiseline

Nonviolent protest, where protesters occupied space in order to protest segregation.

• Sit-In
• Freedom Rides
• Selma March
• Filibuster

Executive Order 9981, was created by President Truman to integrate...

• Baseball
• Schools
• Armed Forces
• Restaurants 

Group working for Civil Rights that promoted "Black Power"

• NAACP
• SNCC
• Black Panthers
• Southern Democrats

Outlawed gender discrimination in schools and the government.

• Civil Rights Act of 1957
• Affirmative Action
• Title IX
• 14th Amendment