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Brown V Board of Education
The Brown v. Board of education involved Oliver Brown and
Linda Brown. NAACP combines five cases into 1, to go to
the Supreme Court. The court decided 9-0, that separate
but equal was wrong. However, Linda never attended a
desegregated school. This all took place in Topeka Kansas -
Emett Till
He was a 14 year old black African American boy, who was
accused of whistling at a white woman (Cardyn Bryant). 3
days later, Roy Bryant and other kidnapped, eye detached,
ear cut off, bar wire wrapped around his neck, weighted
down by 75 pound cotton ginfan, thrown into water. This all
occurred in Money Mississippi. The funeral was open casket
and about 50,000 people came to see Emmet Till. Roy
Bryant and JW Milam we're both arrested for the nursery
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Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refuses to move seats for a white man and is arrested. She was fined $10. Flyers were sent out and posted everywhere, and the community decided to boycott the busses. The busses ran empty for over a year. The Supreme Court ruled that busses had to let blacks ride wherever on the bus -
SCLC
A group of black church pastors who hosted events for blacks MLK was elected president. This group was nonviolent, it registered blacks to vote, wanted better jobs for blacks, and opposed the Vietnam war -
Little Rock 9
9 black students wanted to go to a white school. The Governor of Arkansas calls the national guard to stop them. President Eisenhower calls 1,200 military men to escort these 9 kids from home to class. All schools were fully integrated by 1959. -
Greensboro Sit ins
There were 4 colleges students who go to Woolworths to buy items. Then they go sit at the lunch counter. They are refused service and told to leave, but they end up staying. Day after day they would come back and did the something. The amount of students grew over the days to 1,000s. Woolworth's lost $1.8 million so they decided to serve the black community. This took place in Greensboro, North Carolina. -
Freedom Riders
A diverse group of volunteers from 39 states, it's were collegestudents. In Anniston, Alabama, they were blocked by the KKK, tires were slashed, they were fire bombed, the bus was
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March on Washington
250,000 people marched in Washington D.C. It was a peaceful and respectful protect for jobs and freedom. Martin Luther King gave his "I have a dream" speech. MLK was the last speaker of the -
Civil rights act of 1964
This Act enabled the federal government to prevent racial
discrimination and segregation based on race, color, religion or national origin in private businesses or public facilities. This Act took place in Washington D.C. This law was signed by Lyndon B. Johnson and MLK was the reason it was signed. -
Assassination of Malcom X
Malcolm X was shot 21 times (once in the chest) and was killed by Thomas Hagan and Muhammad Abdul Aziz. He used a sawed-off shotgun , 2 semi automatic pistols. Malcolm died of the age of 39 in New York, NY in the Audubon Ballroom. -
Selma
Black marchers wanted to walk 54 miles to Montgomery to register to vote At the Edmond Bridge, toopers brutally beat them. This happened in Selma, Altema and included 600 marchers and John Lewis -
Voting rights act of 1965
Enabled the right to vote for African Americans. It was now a federal matter, not state. -
MLKJ
Striking Sanitation workers protest in Memphis, Tennessee. MLK went back to the motel and while on the balcony he was shot in the lower right side of face, with a Remington Rifle. James Earl Ray was the killer and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. MLK's death marked the end of civil rights movement.