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Civil Rights Movement
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Brown v. Board
The Supreme court bans segregation in all schools -
Emmett Till
A 14 year old black boy was murdered for whistling at a white woman -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to giver her seat up to a white man on a bus, causing a bus boycott in the black community -
Little Rock
9 black students are refused entry to school, President Eisenhower intervened, they were then admitted -
Freedom riders
Freedom riders began testing state laws on prehibiting segragation on buses and railroads -
University of Alabama
Governor George Wallace wouldnt desegrate the school, so President Kennedy came in and made him -
24th Amendment
A poll tax used to stop blacks from voting is outlawed with the 24th amendment -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
It forbid racial discrimination -
The Black Panthers
The Black Panthers are found by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton in Califorina -
Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King was killed outside his house for him trying to get equality spread through everyone
