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Brown v. Board of Education
It was a Supreme Court case where the Court decided that separating kids in schools because of race is wrong. A man named Oliver Brown sued because his daughter, Linda, couldn’t go to the closer white school in Topeka, Kansas. The Court said that "separate but equal" schools weren't actually equal and hurt Black kids. They said it made Black kids feel bad about themselves and hurt their education. This case was won 9-0. -
Murder of Emmett Till
Emmett Till was a 14-year-old boy who went to Mississippi in 1955. He was accused of whistling at a white woman who was named Carolyn Bryant a was 21 years old.Two white men Roy Bryant the husband and J.W. Milan the brother in law kidnapped him, beat him, and killed him. His mom had an open-casket funeral to show how badly he was hurt. The men went to trial but were found not guilty. -
Rosa Parks and the Bus Boycott
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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Little Rock 9
