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Civil Rights
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Plessy v. Ferguson
US Supreme Court decision about racial segregation in public facilities. Outcome was "seperate but equal" facilites, but that never really happened. -
Founding of NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -
Jackie Robinson Integrates Baseball
Ended racial segregation that did not allow African Americans to play baseball. -
Military Integration
President Truman abolished racial discrimination in the military, allowing African Americans to serve in it. -
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka
US Supreme Court case in which seperate public schools for black and white students were declared unconstitutional. -
Murder of Emmitt Till
14 year old boy that was murdered after flirting with a white woman. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Protests against the racial segregation in the public transportation system of Alabama. -
Little Rock Nine
A group of nine African American students that were not allowed to attend their high school due to racial segregation policies. -
Greensboro Sit In
Series of protests that later caused department stores to end their racial segregation poilicies. -
Freedom Riders
Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses and eventually helped consider public transit segregation unconstitutional. -
Birmingham Children's March
A march by hundreds of school students downtown to talk to the mayor about segregation. -
March On Washington
One of the largest political ralies, and for African American economic rights. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlawed all discrimination regardless of race, color, religion, or gender. -
Death of Malcolm X
3 men assassinated Malcolm X when giving a speech in Manhattan -
Selma March
Marches in protest of racial injustice and voting rights. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Prohibits racial discrimination in voting. -
Watts Riots
Race riots in Los Angeles.
