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Plessy v Ferguson
was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court issued in 1896. It upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities -
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Formation of the NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as a bi-racial organization to advance justice for African Americans -
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The Murder of Emmett Till
is a 2003 documentary film produced by Firelight Media that aired on the PBS program American Experience.Emmett Till was tortured and killed after being accused of whistling at a white woman in Mississippi in 1955. -
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The Congress of Racial Equality is formed
is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States that played a pivotal role for African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement. -
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Desegregation of the military
President Harry S. Truman signed this executive order establishing the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services, committing the government to integrating the segregated military. -
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The Strategy of Sit-Ins
sit quietly and wait to be served. The nonviolent measures employed by Martin Luther King Jr. helped African American activists win supporters across the country and throughout the world. On February 1, 1960, a new tactic was added to the peaceful activists' strategy. Four African ... -
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Brown v Board of Education
On Dec 9, 1952, A landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
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Malcolm X begins leading the Nation of Islam
who articulated concepts of race pride and black nationalism. ... After his release from prison Malcolm helped to lead the Nation of Islam during the period of its greatest growth and influence. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. It was a seminal event in the Civil Rights Movement -
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference is formed
is an African-American civil rights organization. SCLC, which is closely associated with its first president, Martin Luther King Jr., had a large role in the American Civil Rights Movement. -
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Little Rock Nine
was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957 -
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Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee is formed
was one of the most important organizations of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. It emerged from a student meeting organized by Ella Baker held at Shaw University in April 1960 -
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The Freedom Riders
were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States, in 1961 and subsequent years -
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Martin Luther King Jr’s “I have a Dream” Speech
is a public speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963 -
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Freedom Summer
or the Mississippi Summer Project, was a volunteer campaign in the United States launched in June 1964 to attempt to register as many African-American voters as possible in Mississippi. -
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The Civil Rights Of 1964
Is a landmark civil rights and US labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin -
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965
is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote as guaranteed under the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution -
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Race Riots in Watts and other cities
The Watts riots, sometimes referred to as the Watts Rebellion, took place in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles from August 11 to 16, 1965. ... It was the city's worst unrest until the Rodney King riots of 1992. -
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Watts race riots and riots in other cities
The watts race riot was the effect of the Rodney king besting that happened in 1991. These riots happen in LA. -
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Martin Luther King’s assassination
merican clergyman and civil rights leader, was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. He was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m -
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Boston Busing
In 1974 Boston Public Schools were under court control to desegregate through a system of busing students. This happened in Boston Massachusetts. It happened becase if racisim -
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Rodney King Trial
the jury acquitted three of the officers but could not agree on one of the charges against Powell. Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley said, "The jury's verdict will not blind us to what we saw on that videotape. The men who beat Rodney King do not deserve to wear the uniform of the LAPD." -
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Rodney King Trial
The Rodney King trial was a trial involved in the beating of and unarmed black man by four white officers. This beating of an unarmed man caused the watts race riot in LA.