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The 'Jim Crow' Law
This day was the day when segregation became legal. The law was known as the 'Jim Crow' law. this was because a comedian named Jim Crow back in the days used to redicule Black People. Segregation being legal meant that black Americans will not be treated equally or have the same opportunities as white Americans, purely based on their race. -
The Great Migration 1920-1930
During the years 1920 to 1930, around 924,000 black Americans moved out of the South and to the northern places like California, Chicago and Detroit. Their movement was due to the higher amount of mney that they could earn when working there than when they lived in the South. -
The Supreme Court Decision
On this day, the Supreme Court made a decision to ban segregation in schools. Segregation in school became illegal as it causes a feeling of inferiority and affects the way Negro children live their lives. -
Emmett Till murdered
It was during the summer and Emmett Till was given permission by his mother, Mamie Till, to visit his relavtives down South. But little did she and he know that on this day, the little boy was murdered for committing such a minor crime of talking and possibly whistling to a white woman. He was beatened and shot to his death and his body was thrown down the Tallahatchie River near Money, Mississippi. Mamie Till was devastated and held an open funeral for the world to see what they did to her son. -
The bus boycott
Black Americans have always been treated with unequal, and public transport is one situation. Black Americans had to give up their seats for white Americans whenever going on a public transport. On the 1st of December 1955, a black woman name Rosa Parks, refused to give up her seat and was fined $10. but within a few hours, her friends and family carried out a bus boycott that became extremely successful. They then decided to continue on the boycott until the law was abolished. -
Elizabeth Eckford of Little Rock
Elizabeth Eckford was a black American girl who lived in Little Rock, Arkansas. After the law of segregation, on the 4th of September 1957, Elizabeth was the only black American girl out of a group of white Americans early on her first day of school. As the poor girl walked her way among the crowd, they yelled words of discrimination. That photo taken that day was one of the most dramatic photo of all time. The expressions of anger, scared, racism are all presented in the photo. -
'I have a dream' - Martin Luther King
Martin luther King was a great leader in the Black American Civil Rights Movement. He was one of the many who fought for equality of black Americans in non-voilence way, as he only wants to be treated equal to white and believes voilence would only results in death and injuries to both race. He gave a famous speech called "I have a dream" during a march to Washington. The speech was one of the greatest, most inspriational talk to show the importance of act against racism in the United States. -
Malcom X assassinated
Malcome X was an African-American Muslim minister of human rights activist. He also wanted equality for black people, but using voilence. On the 21st of February 1965, he was shot and killed by a Black-Muslim as he started to adress a rally in New York City. -
Voting Rights Act approved
Before this day, voting rights was not permitted for most black Americans. This was unfair for black people as they do not have a say in what they want. After the passage, the percentage of rights to vote for black people in the South grew to over 50%, and in Mississippi, from 7% to 67%. -
The assassination of Martin Luther King
On this day, the great leader of the Black American Civil Rights movement was assassinated. He was shot when standing on his balcony outside his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. The Bullet hit King's right cheek, travelled through his neck and stopped at his shoulder blade. He immediately was taken to hospital but the operation failed, and he died after about an hour.The person believe to have killed Martin Luther King was a white man named James Earl Ray.
