| A | B |
| Brown v. Board of Education o Topeka | declared racial segregation in public schools to be unconstitutional |
| Southern Manifesto | called Brown a "clear abuse of judicial powers." |
| Montgomery bus boycott | 1955-1956 |
| Martin Luther King Jr. | "One of the great glories of democracy is the right to protest for right." |
| George Wallace | "I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever." |
| Malcolm X | urged blacks to reject the white world |
| Black Power | a movement to organize politically and to foster cultural pride. |
| Freedom riders | rode buses and trains throughout the South to call attention to discrimination in transportation |
| Black separatism | Only by craeatin a separate all black society can blacks improve upon their lives and self respect |
| Medgar Evers | first fiel director of NAACP in Mississippi |