Civil Rights Act

Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood Marshall

Member of NAACP

Wanted to stop segregation

Helped draft a constitution for the United Kingdom and Nations

Was a laywer and worked on a famous caes for the Supreme Court called,Plessy vs. Ferguson

Little Rock 9

Little Rock 9

The first 9 black kids to go to a all white high school in Little Rock , Arkansas

Parents pulled their white children out of the school for being with black children

Only eight graduated the school, for one was exspelled

Needed body gaurds and protection for from protesters at the school

Medger Evers

Medger Evers

One of the first people to work in stopping segregation

Was a member of the NAACP

he worked with black and white people to stop segregation

His death made Jonh F. Kennedy make laws against racial discriminaton

Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks

Worked with Martin Luther King Jr.in stopping Segregation

Was honored the Presidential Award of Freedom in 1996

Did not give up her bus seat to a White person

Part of the bus Boycott

Was a memeber of the NAACP

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

Was a president of the United States of America

Was a big believer in Civil Rights for all Americans

Wanted to stop segregation in southern states

Medger Evers death made him pass laws on racial discrimination

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Worked with Rosa Parks to stop segregation

Was a Baptist Minester

Was apart of bus boycott

"I Have a Dream" speech on the steps iof the Linclon Memorial

Member of the NAACP