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1960 BCE
Greensboro Sit ins
4 college students in greensboro, north cardind. Go sit at the lunch corner. They are refused service and told to leave but stayed. Day after day they came back and did the same thing. The amount of students grew over the days to 1,000 -
Brown vs Board of Education
NAACP combined 5 cases from different states into 1 to go to the Supreme Court which then the court decided 9-0 but equal was wrong. However Linda never went to a desegregated school so then maybe schools closed by 1964 -
Murder of Emmet Till
Accused of whistling at white woman. 3 days later Roy Bryant and others kidnapped, eye detached, ear cut off, bar wire wrapped around his neck, weighted down by 75 pound cottinginfan, thrown into water. -
Rosa Parks/ Bus Boycott
In Montgomery Alabama Rosa parks is arrested for failing to more estas on the bus. She is fined $10 MLK JR and church send out flyers to boycott the bus system on dec 5. The buses ran empty for 381 days. Supreme Court ruled bus had to let black ride. -
Southern Christian leadership conference
A meeting of black church pastors to coordinate events for black people. MLK we elected the 1st president. This group used a non violent strategy. This group also registered blacks to vote,opposed Vietnam war and provide better jobs for blacks. -
Little Rock 9
9 students wanted to go to the white school. The governor of Arkansas call out the national guard to stop them. President Eisenhower calls in 1,200 military men to escort these students from home to class. 1959 schools fully integrated. -
Freedom Riders
436 individuals in 60 separate freedom rides
Started in Washington DC goes to the Deep South to desegregate bus stations, diners and hotels.
A diverse group of volunteers from 39 states, most were college students arrived in Anniston, Alabama blocked by kkk. Tires slashed, fire bombed, busses burned and beatings happened town after town. -
March on Washington
Washington DC. 250,000 people marched in Washington DC. It was peaceful and respectful for jobs and freedom. Martin Luther king gave his “ I have a dram” speech. MLK was the last speaker of the day -
Civil rights act of 1964
Lyndon b Johnson and Martin Luther king in Washington DC
Enabled the federal government to prevent racial discrimination and segregation based on race, color religion or nation origin in private businesses r public facilities -
MALCOM X
Malcom little
In Audubon ballroom, New York
Civil rights leader who was part of the Nation of Islam.
He wanted black people to believe in themselves and start their win business. He was shot 21 times Thomas hagan convicted of killing. -
Selma
600 marches John Lewis in Selma, Alabama
Black marchers wanted to walk 54 miles to montogomery to register to vote at the Edmond bridge troopers beat them. -
Voting rights act of 1965
Aug 6, 1965
LBJ
IN Washington DC
Ending the right to vote of African Americans any discrimination in voting now a federal matter not state -
Martin Luther king
Lorraine motel, Memphis , Tennessee
Striking sanitation workers protest in Memphis. Went back to the motel. Shot lower right side of his face, with Remington rifle. James earl ray sentenced to 99 years. His death marks the end of the civil rights mo.