Malcolm X
freedom riders
segregation according to law
Equal Pay Act
Thurgood Marshall
Martin Luther King, Jr.
goal was to create a grassroots movement to defeat white racism
blacks and whites registering voters in Mississippi in 1964
became notable due to the massive media coverage
24th amendment
SNCC
signed by President Johnson; prohibited segregation in public accommodations
de jure segregation
banned poll taxes when voting
segregation according to unwritten traditions or customs
young, militant African Americans
called for black pride and black nationalism
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on the Brown v. Board of Education case
taking buses throughout the deep south to protest against segregation
George Wallace
de facto segregation
Freedom Summer
JFK signed this for equal pay for women doing equal work
African-American Lawyer; part of the NAACP; became a Supreme Court justice
Civil Rights Act of 1964
sit-in
Rosa Parks
Earl Warren
Baptist minister; face of the Civil Rights movement
Voting Rights Act of 1965
kicked off the Montgomery Bus Boycott with her actions
non-violent form of protest; usually at restaurant counters
Governor from Alabama; loved segregation
Black Panthers
March on Washington
banned literacy tests and allowed federal government to oversee elections where states discriminate against minorities
