Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln declares all enslaved people in the southern states that rebelled are free
Juneteenth
holiday on June 19 to commemorate freeing of the last enslaves people in Texas after civil war.
Reminds us that not everyone was always free and treated fairly
Jim Crow Laws
Racist laws created to limit rights and day to day actions of Black Americans
restricted their access to education, voting rights, public accommodations, transportation, family and marriage by making segregation legal
Segregation
When people are separated by race
limited right and freedoms of black americans
Great Migration
African Americans relocate to north and west cities to get away from Jim Crow Laws and get better jobs and opportunities
Harlem Renaissance
Flourishing of arts and culture in the African American commuity
Opened Peopleās eyes to African American culture and struggles
Plessy v. Ferguson
1896
Supreme Court decides that accommodations/ facilities can beĀ āseparate but equalā
Made segregation and Jim Crow laws legal. Lost their voice in their government.
āseparate but equalā
Made segregation and Jim Crow laws legal
Plessy v. Ferguson 1896
Disenfranchise
take away someoneās voice in their government by taking away their right to vote
Brown v. Board of Education
1954
āSeparate but equalā ruling from Plessy v. Ferguson was declared unconstitutional in schools
Schools canāt reject, discriminate, or segregate students based on race
Desegregation/Integration
To stop separating/segregating people by race
Next step towards racial equality
Little Rock Nine
They wanted to integrate schools
9 black students started to attend a white school and kept attending even when a mob tried to stop them
Bright awareness to racial inequality when people saw the mob
Montgomery Bus Boycott
People stopes riding on busses until they integrated then
Supreme Court supported decision that is was unconstitutional to segregate public transit
Greensboro Sit Ins
Went in to segregated department store and waited to be served. Attracted lots of attention and support and department store starts losing a lot of money.
The department store integrates their lunch counters as a result.
Civil Rights Act
1964
Outlawed discrimination on the basis of race, gender, religion, or national origin
Ends segregation
Voting Rights Act
1965
Banned and restrictions on voting this also made the poll tax, literacy tests illegal
African Americans can finally get a say in their government
Literacy Tests
tests taken before being allowed to vote
designed to disenfranchise African Americans
Poll Tax
You had to pay to be able to vote
disenfranchised African Americans