Forced separation of groups of people.

Prohibiting all forms of slavery and involuntary servitude.

Legalized segregation in publicly owned facilities on the basis of "separate but equal."

Refusal to buy a product or use a service as a way of protesting something.

Famous protesters that led or organized several non-violent protests.

Laws in the South that segregated African Americans from whites.

Prohibited voting restrictions based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude (slavery).

Common types of protests.

Effort by African Americans and other groups to gain equal rights in the 1950s and ‘60s

The way that people of color were treated after the Civil War in Amerca.

Mixing groups of people together / stopping segregation.

A law designed to help end formal and informal barriers to African-American suffrage. Prevented literacy tests and other things that stopped people from voting.

Supreme Court decision that overturned the Plessy vs. Ferguson decision (1896); led by Chief Justice Earl Warren, the Court ruled that "separate but equal" schools for blacks were inherently unequal and thus unconstitutional. The decision energized the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s. Named after the first protester alphabetically (Brown).

Greensboro, NC, segregation at Woolsworth, spread nation wide (54 cities), very effective. Challenged lunch counters that refused to serve blacks, later spread to any segregated public place.

Civil Rights organizers organized a march from Selma to Alabama's capital (Montgomery). This action brought attention to the problem of voting discrimination. The protester were met with violence but stuck through it.

Period of U.S. history after the Civil War, lasting from 1865 - 1877.

Citizenship to everyone born in the U.S.

Parks arrested for refusing to give up bus seat to white man, African American leaders called for city-wide boycott of bus system (lasted almost 400 days); Supreme Court ruled segregated buses unconstitutional.

African American students were admitted into Central High School. The governor of the state, (Arkansas), sent the Arkansas National Troops to prevent the students from attending, while the president sent the 101st Airborne to protect the students.

Prohibits federal and state governments from charging poll tax.

Treating people differently based on their race, religion, gender, etc.

Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

250,000 people gathered for a peaceful demonstration to promote Civil Rights and economic equality for African Americans. I have a dream speech was given here by Martin Luther King Jr.

Whites and Blacks ride the bus across the South to protest segregation and promote civil rights.

Peacefully disobeying laws as a way to protest laws that are unjust (unfair).