Ch 16 Civil Rights

This 14-year-old's murder in 1955 fired up the Civil Rights movement and motivated many to participate.

• Emmett Till

• Rosa Parks

• James Meredith

• Thurgood Marshall

• Malcolm X

This supreme court case established "separate but equal" for segregation to be legal in the U.S.

• Brown v Board of Education

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Miranda v Arizona

• MLK v U.S.

This supreme court case removed "separate but equal" for segregation. Making segregation ILLEGAL in the U.S.

• Brown v Board of Education

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Miranda v Arizona

• MLK v U.S.

Segregation by law, required mostly in the South

• De Jure segregation

• De Facto segregation

Segregation by custom and tradition, people do it on their own

• De Jure segregation

• De Facto segregation

An African American group that challenged laws through court cases to get de jure segregation overturned

• NAACP

• CORE

• SCLC

• SNCC

An African American group of college students challenged laws by using sit-ins to protest by refusing to leave their seats at a restaurant

• NAACP

• CORE

• SCLC

• SNCC

An African American group, formed by MLK to train others in non-violent resistance. Encouraged African Americans to vote in the south to change laws

• NAACP

• CORE

• SCLC

• SNCC

An African American group, that wanted students (youth) to create organization separate from NAACP to help register voters in rural deep south

• NAACP

• CORE

• SCLC

• SNCC

Refused to give up her seat on the bus when told by the bus driver.

• Emmett Till

• Rosa Parks

• James Meredith

• Thurgood Marshall