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Brown v. Board of Education
NAACP combines 5 cases from Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, Delaware and Washington D.C, to Supreme Court, Court decides that separate but equal is wrong. -
Murder of Emmett Till
14 year old Emmet Till was beaten ,tortured shot in the head and thrown down a river with a 75 pound cotton gin fan wrapped around his Neck, all of that because he was accused of whistling at a white woman called Cardin Bryant, Her husband and his half brother were the once that killed him but because of the Double Jeopardy rule they were not convicted of the murder so they confessed what they did and got away with it -
Rosa Parks and the Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks a black women born on 1913 Tuskegee, Alabama, was arrested because she refused to give up her seat on the bus she was fined $10, Martin Luther King Jr and church send out flyers to boycott the bus system it lasts for 381 days, supreme had o let black people ride. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
A meeting of black church pastors to coordinate events for black people. Michael Luther king Jr was elected the 1st president. This group used a nonevent strategy and it also registered black people to vote provided better jobs for blacks and also opposed Vietnam war. -
Little Rock 9
9 students wanted to go to the white school in Arkansas. The Governor of Arkansas called out the National Guard to stop them,President Eisenhower then sent 1,200 military men to escort these students from home to class and because of that all schools were fully integrated in 1959. -
Greensboro Sit ins
The deal was go to wood worth’s buy items .Then go sit at the lunch counter, but these 4 college students were refused service and told to leave because of their skin color but they stayed. Day after day the cake back and did the same thing. Which influenced more students to come so the number kept increasing until it got to 1,000 students. -
Freedom Riders
A group of volunteers from 39 states, most of them were college students. They arrived in Anniston, Alabama blocked by KKK. Tires slashed , fire bombed, Buses burned and beatings town after town -
March on Washington
250,000 people marched in Washington D.C it was peaceful and respectful protest for jobs and freedom. Martin Luther king gave his “I have a Dream” speech. MLK was the last speaker of the day. -
Civil Rights Act
Allowed the federal government to prevent racial discrimination and segregation based on race, color, religion or natural origin in private businesses or public facilities -
Assassination of Malcom X
A Civil rights leader who was part of the Nation of Islam ☪️. He wanted blacks to believe in they selves and start their own businesses. He was short 21 times. Thomas Hagan convicted of killing. -
Selma to Montgomery Marches ( Bloody Sunday)
Black Marchers wanted to walk 54 miles to Montgomery to register to vote, At the Edmond bridge Troopers brutally beat them. -
Voting Rights Act
Enabling the right to vote of African Americans any discrimination in voting. Now a federal matter not state. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King
Striking sanitation workers protest in Memphis. Went back to the motel. Shot lower right side of his face, with Remington Rifle. James Earl Ray sentenced to 99 years. His death marked the end of the civil rights movement.