Black Power:

Using economic and political strength to gain civil rights.

Malcolm X (in 1963)

Believed that African Americans should reject white society,
and build a separate culture.

Martin Luther King:

Believed the most effective tool for change was non-violent protest

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896):

The Supreme Court Ruled that racial segregation
was constitutional

President Eisenhower's action to bring about school integration in Little Rock, Arkansas:

He placed the Arkansas National Guard under federal command to carry out the desegregation plan

De Jure segregation:

Segregation that results from LAWS.

With Jim Crow Laws in Place:

All of the following occurred:
a "Colored" sections in restaurants segregated blacks and whites. b. Blacks were required to pass literacy tests or pay poll taxes to vote. C. All-black and all-white schools were the norm in many states.

Freedom Riders:

Were organized to protest segregation in SOUTHERN BUS STATIONS

Major Impact of the I Have a Dream speech:

It helped to pass civil rights legislation.