civil rights movement by evelyn amador, johan rodriguez
Plessy v ferguson- a landmark decision of the us supreme court issued in 1896. It upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quantity
**Executive Order 9981-
an executive order issued on July 26, 1948, by President Harry S. Truman. It abolished racial discrimination in the United States Armed Forces and eventually led to the end of segregation in the services.
Describe the successes of the civil right's movement
the success of the civil rights movement is that african americans now have the same rights as any other american. before the civil rights ,movement african americans were discriminated a lot just by something so insignificant like the color of the skin and all that racism was legal now people can have consequences for being racist
Brown vs. board education -was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. 
Montgomery bus boycott- a political and social protest of the policy of segregation on a public transit system of Montgomery (December 5,1955- December 20, 1956 
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Desegregation of buses-On November 13, 1956, the Supreme Court upheld the district court's ruling, ruling that segregation on public buses and transportation was against the law.
southern christian leadership conference-is an African-American civil rights organization. SCLC, which is closely associated with its first president, Martin Luther King Jr., had a large role in the American civil rights movement.* january 10 1957. 
Little rock nine a group of nine african american students enrolled in little rock central high school in 1957. 
Black panthers- a political organization founded by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton in October 1966. 
Sit ins-a form of non violent protests employed during the 1960s in the civil rights movement
The freedom rides-a person who challenged racial laws in the American South in the 1960s, originally by refusing to abide by the laws designating that seating in buses be segregated by race (May 4,1961-December 10,1961)
*Affirmative action- an action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination, especially in relation to employment or education; positive discrimination.* 
The freedom rides-civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961 and subsequent years to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme. 
Letter from birmingham jail-a letter that martin luther king jr addressed to his fellow clergymen while he was in jail in birmingham alabama in 1963 after a nonviolent protest against racial segregation. 
24th Amendment- the right of citizens of the united states to vote in any primary or other election for president or vice president, or for senator or representative in congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the united states or any state by reason of failure to pay any poil tax or other tax. 1992. 
Freedom summer-a volunteer campaign in the United States launched in June 1964 to attempt to register as many African-American voters as possible in Mississippi. 
Civil rights act-a landmark civil rights and US labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. 1964. they could no longer have separate things for blacks 
Voting rights act-a 1964 landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. 
Watts riots-The Watts riots, sometimes referred to as the Watts Rebellion, took place in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles from August 11 to 16, 1965 
how did african americans fought for their rights during the civil rights movement ?
African Americans fought during the civil rights movement by doing protests. some of the protests that they made were on the streets. one of the non violent protests that African Americans made were boycotts on the buses. they also made some violent protests was the watts riot.
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