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Brown v. Board of education of Topeka
Location: Topeka, US
The Brown vs. Bord of educatiom of Topeka case ,was decided by the U.S Supreme court in 1954. Linda Brown was denied access to her local elementary school because of the colour of her skin.Combined with several other cases her suit reached the Supreme Court. They were unanimous agreeing that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. -
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Rosa Parks bus boycott
Location: Montgomery, US
The 1st of December, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat at a bus in the "white-colored"-section, as a response to her disagreement to the separation between white and blacks. As a result to her arrest the black community of Montgomery started a bus-boycott, which lasted about an year. The boycott ended with desegregation of the buses, officially announced 1st of December. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., was the boycott movement’s leader, possessed unique conciliatory and oratorical skills. He understood the larger conflict of the boycott and quickly realized that the nonviolent tactics used by the Indian nationalist Mahatma Gandhi could be used by southern blacks. -
SCLC
Location: Montgomery, US
Although Parks and King were members of the NAACP, the Montgomery movement led to the creation of a new REGIONAL organization in 1957. The SCLC had Martin as its president. The SCLC protest strategy succseed its first major SUCCESS in 1963 when the group launched a major campaign in Birmingham, Alabama. The Birmingham clashes and other simultaneous civil rights efforts prompted President John F. Kennedy to push for passage of new civil rights legislation. -
SNCC
SNCC was a group of black college students from North Carolina A&T University refused to leave a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina where they had been denied service. This sparked a wave of other sit-ins in college towns across the South. Out of SNCC came some of today's black leaders, such as former Washington, Congressman John Lewis and NAACP chairman Julian Bond. Together with hundreds of other students, they left a lasting impact on American history. -
James Meredith- University of Mississippi
Location: Mississppi
The 1st.october 1962, James Meredith becomes the first black student to attend the University of Mississippi. President Kennedy had to send 5000 federal troops due to violence surrounding the cause. -
Continuation of SCLC
By the summer of 1963, the Birmingham protests had become only one of many local protest insurgencies that culminated in the August 28 March on Washington, which attracted at least 200,000 participants. King’s address on that occasion captured the idealistic spirit of the expanding protests. “I have a dream,” he said, “that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed–we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” -
Martin Luther King Jr.- "I have a dream"
"I have a dream"
Location: Washington
More than 200 000 people attended the march on Washington. This was the largest civil rights demonstartion ever. Martin Luther King Jr. also gave his famous speech "I have a dream". -
Missing Civil Right workers
Location: Mississippi
Three Civil Rights workers ( two white, one black) were found dead in an earthern dam. A federal investigation backed by president Johnson had been investigation the case in six weeks. They had been working on register black woters in Mississippi, They were arrested by the police on speeding charges imprisoned for several hours and then realised in to the hands of Ku Klux Klan, who murdered the workers. -
Martin Luther' King Jr.'s death
Location: Memphis, Tenessee, US
Martin Luther King Jr. was shot standing outside his balcony by the comitted racist and escaped convict, James Earl Ray. He was rushed to the hostpital but was'nt able to be saved. His early death of 39 years old is believed by The King family to be arranged with the US goverment, Mafia and resturant owner Lloyd Jowers involved. However, according to Jowers James E. Ray wasn't involved even though he was convicted for the assasionation.
