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plessy vs ferguson
[http://goo.gl/cY8lzk](plessy)it was a supreme court case that established the concept of 'seperate but equal'. Plessy rode a whites only vehicle which cuased contresversy as he refused to get down. most of the court that the 14 amnedment ony required legal not social equality. -
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CORE congress of Racial Equality
James Farmer inspired by Mahatma Gandhi created an interracial group to improve race relations. kit all began in a coffre shp in chicago protesting segregation. Late in the 1950 they put more attention on the south.By 1964 the core was the most memorable group.[http://goo.gl/vgcs3z](time span) -
Sweatt vs Painter
Henman Sweatt as an african american mail carrier and Theophilus Painter was the University of Texas' president. What is said is that Sweatt wanted to attend to the University in Texas so he presented his transcipts. he had all the conditions to be accepted expect the fact that he was a negro, So thenb Sweatt sued and took his case to the supreme case. He ended up winning and got accepted .<a href='' >http://goo.gl/xGopff</a> -
The Great Jackie Robinson
At 28 years old jackie robinson became the first african american to plahy in a baseball league to the Dodgers. In his first season he saced versy harsh racism from oppisite teamjs and evcen his own.After leaving baseball he continurd 8in cuivuil right movements.[http://goo.gl/3CZBIr](bio) -
president Truman's s order
President trumans signs the execuitve order NO.9981. The order stated "It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin." -
Mass Movement
Through nonviolent protest, the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s broke the pattern of public facilities' being segregated by “race” in the South and achieved the most important breakthrough in equal-rights legislation for African Americans since the Reconstruction period (1865–77).mass movement -
"Whites Only'
African Americans in the South and in many parts of nearby border states were banned from associating with whites in a host of institutions and public accommodations—schools, hospitals, old folks’ homes, rest rooms, waiting rooms, railroad cars, hotels, restaurants, lunch counters, parks and beaches, and movie theaters. Some recreational areas posted signs, “Negroes and Dogs Not Allowed.” Racial discrimination deprived Southern blacks of decent jobs.<a href='http://goo.gl/f4vAJH' >segregation</a -
Bus boycutt
The initial phase of the black protest activity in the post-Brown period began on December 1, 1955. Rosa Parks of Montgomery, Alabama, refused to give up her seat to a white bus rider, thereby defying a southern custom that required blacks to give seats toward the front of buses to whites. When she was jailed, a black community boycott of the city’s buses began. The boycott lasted more than a year, demonstrating the unity and determination of black residents and inspiring blacks elsewhere. -
Southern christan Leadership confrence
This group leader was Dr. Martin Luthern king. It assisted local organizations that tried to find equality for african americans. This group was mostly in the south,they played a major role on the march to washington.<a href='' >http://goo.gl/ZOzLLA</a> -
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Greensboro sit-in
4 young black gentlemen entered an all whites restaurabnt.They were neglected the assistance becuase they were black so they just sat there paciently untilo they closed. They kept on dong that daily and more and more people joined this protest. By July more than 70,000 people had joined it. mant got beaten by officers, arrested.[http://goo.gl/9UZvrk](timespan2) -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
The SNCC group was a result of the sit-in pritest group that had ocurred earlier in febuary. This was build to beyond integration to broader social change and to view King’s principle of nonviolence. This gruop played a large role in the freefom rides.<a href='' >http://goo.gl/KbvbrT</a> -
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On Oct. 19, Martin Luther King Jr. joins a student sit-in at a whites-only restaurant inside of an Atlanta department store.He is arrested along with 51 other protesters on the charge of trespssing. Dekalb County judge sentences King to four months in prison doing hard labor. Presidential contender John F. Kennedy phones King's wife, Coretta, to offer encouragement, while the candidate's brother, Robert Kennedy, convinces the judge to release King on bail. <a href='http://goo.gl/IrFC47' >MLK Are -
Freedom Rides
a group of 13 both black and white activist launched a ride thorugh the south as a protest against segregation. They group encountered severe violence fron more than a group of 200 white men.it was so bad that the men even bombed the bus. the riders were even sentenced to 30 days in jail.[http://goo.gl/4Nqsy6](map ) -
James Meredith
Not only was James Meredith a civil rights activist but he was the very first african american to intergate in an all whites university. He also became involed in policts. When he first applied tothe universuty we has accepted, later when he presented himself he was denied for his race. He took his case to the supreme court and they favored it . When we was going to attend the college he was denied the entrace by a rioting group.[http://goo.gl/MT8HFs](james bio) -
24 amendment
This amendement prohibited the federal and state governments to tax before a citizen could participate in an election.it was adopted as a response to policies adopted in various Southern states after the ending of post-Civil War Reconstruction to limit the political participation of African Americans. [http://goo.gl/t4xRpi](primary)
