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Brown vs. Board of Education
Supreme Court overturned the Plessy vs. Ferguson design. The Court ruled that "separate but equal" public schools for black people were unconstitutional and unequal. Banned segregation in public schools. -
Emmett Till Murder
Emmett Till was murdered for talking "fresh" to a white woman. 2 white men murdered him and threw his body in the Tallahatchie River. The men had beaten him to the point when they found Emmett's body he was unrecognizable. It took the court to rule the 2 white men "not guilty". -
Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person on the city bus, This led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott of city buses. Over a year later, the Supreme Court ruled that segregation of public transportation was illegal. -
The Little Rock Nine and Integration
9 African American students enrolled in an all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. When they arrived at the school a crowd harassed and threw objects at them. The governor called the Arkansas national guard to block the black students from entering the school on the first day. President Eisenhower sent federal troops to escort the Little Rock Nine into the school later that month. -
Greensboro Woolworth's Sit-ins
A movement to protest against racial segregation. Started when 4 African American NC A&T students sat at a white-only lunch counter in Greensboro, NC. -
Freedom Rides
Protests against segregation by all races who rode interstate buses into segregated southern states. -
MLK’s Letter From Birmingham Jail
Dr. King was arrested for participating in the Birmingham campaign. He wrote a letter insisting on the need for immediate racial change and the necessity of protest until change occurred. -
March on Washington
Massive rally in Washington DC to urge President Kennedy to pass the civil rights bill. Dr. Martin Luther King gave his famous "I have a dream" speech to more than 200,000. -
Birmingham Baptist Church Bombing
Ku Klux Klan bombed a black church killing 4 African American girls. The bombing influenced the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 -
24th Amendment
Banned poll tax in elections. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Prohibited discrimination on the basis of race in any place of public accommodation. -
"Bloody Sunday”/Selma to Montgomery March
John Lewis led the march with 600 other people. The march was from Selma to Montogomery, Alabama to protest against voting rights. The police brutally attacked the marchers killing and severely injuring them. This is why it's called "Bloody Sunday". -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Prohibited racial discrimination in voting. -
Loving v. Virginia
Midred Jeter ,a black woman, and Richard Loving, a white man, got married in Washington DC. When they returned back to Virginia where they reside, they were charged with breaking the law in Virginia. The court ruled that Virginia's opinion of interracial marriage is against the law went against the 14th Admendent.The Loving v. Virginia court case made it legal for interracial marriage