In the late 19th century Plessy was arrested for sitting in a whites only railroad car. The law was “Separate but Equal”and this was going to make things tougher for everybody. Eventually in 1964 Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize and was the youngest recipient, he had done many non-violent protests and had been known for his, ” I Have a Dream” Speech, another nonviolent protest and is named,”The March on Washington”. M.L.K Jr. was later shot just when he came out of his apartment. After M.L.K Jr.’s death there were many protests to stop racism and many were angry at just how easy a white man could get away with the death of another black man or woman. The Voting Rights act was passed in 1965 and blacks finally were able to have more rights.