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Brown Vs. The Board of Education
It was a supreme Court care to end segregation.9-0 decision, for equal protection under the 14th Amendment. After the decision violence and riots brokeout, with somes schools closing . It signaled the end of legalized racial segregation in the schools of the United States, overruling the "separate but equal" principle set forth in the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case. -
Murder of Emmett Till
The murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955 brought nationwide attention to the racial violence and injustice prevalent in Mississippi. While visiting his relatives in Mississippi, Till went to the Bryant store with his cousins, and may have whistled at Carolyn Bryant. Her husband, Roy Bryant, and brother-in-law, J.W. Milam, kidnapped and brutally murdered Till, dumping his body in the Tallahatchie River. -
Rosa Parks and Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks had refused to give up her seat on a bus for a white man. Because of this act of protest she was arrested. There was then a protest where black Americans boycotted the bus system. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Started after bus boycott to organize protests. Martin Luther King was elected president. The conference still exists today, but declined after Martin's passing. -
Little Rock 9
On September 4, 1957 nine African American students arrived at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. They made their way through a crowd shouting obscenities and even throwing objects. Once the students reached the front door the National Guard prevented them from entering the school and were forced to go home. -
Greensboro Sit In
4 college students sat down at a lunch counter at Wodworths to be served. They were refused service. In retaliation they sat in and others would join in. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Youth group of students remained fiercely independent of MLK and SCLC, generating their own projects and strategies. The two organizations worked side by side throughout the early years of the Civill rights movement. This group was the second half of the Freedom Riders and were a part of the March Selma. -
Freedom Riders
2 week bus trip to the deep south to intentionally break jim crow laws. It was organized by the CORE. The buses were burned and riders were beaten by the kkk. -
March on Washington
To advocate for the civil rights of black african american citizens. 250,000 attendees were at the lincoln memorial. Martin Luther King gave his iconic i have a dream speech. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Forbids employers and labor unions to discriminate any person. Prohibits discrimination of sex, race, color, native origin and religious beliefs. Cannot also refuse serve to said traits of minorities. -
March on Selma
600 students march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to get the right to vote. They walked 54 miles to be stopped at a bridge. LBJ order the passage of 1965 voting right laws. -
Voting Rights Act
One of the most comprehensive pieces of legislation in U.S. History. Blacks were registering to vote and being elected to public office. Overcame legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote.