HIST 2112 Ch 26-28 quiz

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Brown v Board of Education 1954

Supreme Court ruling overturned the "separate but equal" precedent established in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896. The Court declared that separate educational facilities were inherently unequal and thus violated the Fourteenth Amendment.

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Yearlong boycott of Montgomery's segregated bus system in 1955-1956 by the city's African American population. The boycott brought Martin Luther King Jr. to national prominence and ended in victory when the Supreme Court declared segregated transportation unconstitutional.

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

newly established to coordinate local protests against segregation and disfranchisement. headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, established by the Reverend Martin


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