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March on Washington for jobs and freedom
Was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. 250,000 people were in attendance at the Lincoln memorial. MLK was the last to speak, and gave his “I have a dream speech” 70-80% were black. -
Brown vs board of education
It was a Supreme Court case to end segregation
9.0 decision or unamious, for equal protection under the 14th amendment. -
Emmet Till
14 year old boy from Chicago ,Visiting family in Missipi.
A used of whistling at a white woman.
Roy Bryant and Jw Milan kidnap, beat,shot, killed and then threw emmets body in the river.
Maimetill, emmet mother had an open case -
Rosa Parks and Bus Boycott
Rejected a bus driver’s order to leave a row of four seats in the colored section once the white section had filled up and move to the back of the bus. -
Bus boycott begins and last 381 days
Martín Luther king emerges as the leader of the bus boycott
1st large scold demonstration-nonviolent in the us.
Very successful because 75% of all riders are black -
Bus boycott begins and last 381 days.
Martín Luther king emerges as the leader of the bus boycott 1st large Scott demonstration-nonvident in the us.
Very successful because 75%of all rider are black. -
SCLC
Staged a 381-day boycott of the Montgomery Alabama’s segregated bus system. -
Little Rock Nine/Arkansas
-Testing Brown v Board of Education decisión.
-9 students were vetted to undergo this test.
-airbon 101 escorted students to class.
-following year all public schools closed (1958).
-aug 29,1959-schools reopened. -
Greensboro
4 colleges students sat down at a launch counter at Wordsworth’s to be served. They were refused service. Continued to sit in and other joined the protest spread to other towns forced change. -
Student nonviolent coordinating committee and freedom summer
Youth group of students remained fiercely independent of MLK and SCLC, generating their own projects and strategies. The two organizations worked side by side throughout the early years of the civil rights movement. This group was the the second half of the freedom riders and were a part of the march to Selma. -
Civil rights act of 1964
Forbids employers and labor units to discriminar against any person on ground of race, color, religion, sex, physical diablity or age in job related matters. -
March on Selma/bloody Sunday
600 students march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to get their rights to vote. They walked 54 miles and were stopped at the bridge. Seen on national television. LBJ order the passage of 1965 voting right law, 2nd march took place March 2 24 -
Voting rights act of 1965
One of the most comprehensive pieces of legislation in USHistory. Blacks were registering to vote and being elected to public office.