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Plessy v. Ferguson
The Plessy v. Ferguson case declared that business must provide "seperate but equal" accomidations for black and whites. the suprreme court ruled that the clause did not violate the 14th amendment. -
Brown v. Board of Education
A supreme court that overturned the Pleesy v. Ferguson decision. Stasted that it was a violation of the 14th amendment to segregate schools. -
Emmit Till
On this day 14 year old Emmit was visiting family in Mississippi when he was accused of flirting with a white cashier. four days alter two white men kidnapped, beat, and shot till in the head. The men were tried for murder but an all-white, male jury freed them and plead them unguilty. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was the refusal of African Americans to ride the bus in Montgomery, Alabama to protest segragated seatign on the bus. It lasted untill December 20, 1956 -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
The Civil RIghts Act of 1957 was the first civil rights legislation since Reconstruction. The act established the Civil Rights Section of the Justice Department and established a federal Civil Rights Commission with authority to investigate discriminatory conditions and recommend corrective measures. -
Little Rock 9
A group of 9 african american students went into Central highschool. They were the first African Aericans to go and attend a white school. They were protected by the National Guard. -
Freedom Riders
The Freedom Riders were civil activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern U.S to challende the non enforcement of the supreme courts that ruled that segregated public buses were unconstitutional. This lasted for several years, -
24th Amendment
This admendmnent prohibited both congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other taxes. The congress also was given power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. -
James Meredith
He was barred from coming in on September 20, but on October 1st he became the first African American student at the University of Mississippi. He was backed up by the NAACP legal Defense and Educational fund. -
Assasination of JFK
John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States. He was assinated in Dallas, Texas at 12:30 pm in Dealey Plaza. He was shot while traveling with his wife in a presidential motorcade. He was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed major forms of discrimination against racial, ethnic, national and religious minorities, and also women. It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and public accomidations. -
Assissination of Malcom X
Malcom X was preparign to address the organization of Afro-American Unity in Manhattan's Audubon Ballroom when someone shot him in the chest and then immediatly after shot several times by two other men. -
Selma to Montgomery marches
The marches consisted of three marches- Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, and the third march. The goal of the marches were to gain voting rights for African Americans. They marched from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed discrimatory cvoting practices that prevent/ kept African Americans from voting. The act prohibits states from imposing any "voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure ... to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color." -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr,
Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee In the Lorraine Hotel at the age of 39. James Earl Ray is the person who shot and killed MLK. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
The 1968 act expanded on previous acts and prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin. It is commonly known as the Fair Housign Act. It was signed by president johnsonn during the King asssassination riots. -
Assassination of RFK
Robert Kennedy was assinated in Los Angelas, California after a presidential campaign.He was shot while walkign to the kitchen in the Ambassador Hotel by a 24 Palestinian/Jordanian immigrant, named Sirhan Sirhan.
