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Brown vs. Board Of Education
This is the court case invloving Linda Brown and the Board of Education. This was brought to court because Linda Brown, an African American elemntry student, was not allowed to go to the school closest to her because it was an all-white school. Becuase of this she was to walk a dangerous and longer walk to a black school she could attend. -
Rosa Parks is arrested
On Decemeber 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white person while she was on a bus so she ended up getting arrested for it. This event aroused the boycott. -
SCLC is formed
The SCLC, also known as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference expanded MIA and was led by Martin Luther King Jr. This was many organizations that were founded and based on churches that came together to end descimination in 1957. -
Little Rock Nine enters Central High School
On September 25, 1957 nine African Americans were now allowed to enter Central high School, an all-white school in Arkansas. -
SNCC is formed
The SNCC, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, is an organization created by southern university students. The activist students were ones that protested. -
James Meredith's admission
James Merdith was an African American man who was trying to attend the University of Mississippi. For months many people, including the mayor, kept him from not being able to attend this college. Finally on October 1, 1962 Meredith was now allowed to attend. When word got around that this African American student was admitted a riot arose. -
"Letter From Birmingham Jail"
Martin Luther King Jr. wrote this letter while he was in jail at Birmingham, Alabama for participating in the nonviolent protest. -
I Have A Dream Speech
Martin Luther King Jr. made his I Have A Dream speech on Augst 28, 1963. He was at the Lincoln Memorial were the March on Washing DC was happening. To this day his speech is still very famous and often thought about. -
JFK Assassination
While attending a parade in Dallas, Texas to gain more votes from the residents, JFK was shot and killed by Lee Harvery Oswald. -
24th Amendment passed
The twenty-fourth Amendement, which banned the poll taxes for voting, was ratified in January of 1964. -
Freedom Summer
The Freedom Summer was Robert Moses's Plan to help civil right activists. He got volunteer studens from the northern universities and sent them to Ohio for training. Once they were done with training they were ready to go to Mississippi to do what they were trained to do. -
CORE members dissapear
On June 20 Andrew Goodman went to Mississippi. The day after Goodman and two CORE workers, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner dissappeared and were not found for another 6 weeks. When they were found it had been obvious they were murderd. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act states that banned the discrimination on the race, reliigon, gender, or where you come from when employing a person. -
Malcolm X assassinated
On Feburary of 1965 three Black Muslim shooters assinated Malcom X. -
March on Selma
The march on Selma was when Civil Right workers demanded that the voting registration be fair to everyone, not just whites. -
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Watts Riot
The Watts Riot happened because the police force would not stand up for the African American residents of L.A., California. This riot ended in 34 deaths. -
Black Panthers are formed
The Black Panther group was formed by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton that protected the African American community of discrimination. They were not afriad to be violent either. -
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Detroit Riot
The Detroit riot started when police went into an unlicensed bar and got everyone that was involved in the 12th Street riot. This 5 day riot went down as one of the deadlist riots in the US resulting in 43 deaths and many others injured. -
Martin Luther King Jr. is assinated
Martin Luther King Jr. is shot on a hotel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee by James Earl Ray
