Civil Right Movement Review

the Topeka school district spending more money on black schools.

the creation of the ‘separate but equal’ doctrine of segregation

a ruling that stated that race-based education in Kansas was equal in opportunity.

a ruling that stated segregation in American public schools was inherently unequal.

appealing the decision in the Federal Court of Appeals.

Changed Georgia's state flag

Creating the Sibley Commission

Desegregated / integrated all schools in Georgia

the Little Rock 9

the Albany Movement

the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee

majority pf participates were students

more willing to take risks and put their bodies on the line

Violent

Sit-ins at segregated lunch counters all across the South

protect impoverished groups by banning the poll tax.

implement affirmative action programs at the federal level.

issue federal grants to businesses owned by minorities and women.

prohibit discrimination based on race, religion, and national origin

Brown v. Board of Education

the Voting Rights Act of 1965

the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Plessy v. Ferguson