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Brown vs Board
It was Supreme Court case to end segregation 9-0 decision or unanimous for equal protection under the 14th amendment The decision for the case was good but for the next 5 years it was chaos -
Emmet Till
14 year old boy from Chicago, visiting family Acussed of whisteling at a white woman Roy Bryand and JW Milan kidnapped, shot, killed and then threw emmets body in the river Maime till, emmets mother had an open casket funeral Both men stood trial, and found not guilty *Considered spark to start civil rights movement -
Rosa Parks
Rosa parks refused to move seats and she is arrested Her actions inspired the leaders of the local Black community to organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott Parks became a nationally recognized symbol of dignity and strength in the struggle to end entrenched racial segregation. -
Bus boycott
Bus boycott begins and last 381 days Martin Luther king emerges as the leader of the bus boycott 1sr large demonstration-non violent in the U.S very successful because 75% of all riders are black -
SCLC
They wanted to Recruit affiliate civil rights groups in the South. Bring an end to black disenfranchisement by increasing voting rights. Urged African American to reject segregation through non violent means -
Little Rock Nine
Testing brown v. Board of education decision 9 students were vetted to undergo this test Airborn 101 escorted students to class Fallowing year all public schools closed (1958) April 29 1959 schools reopened -
Greensboro, North Carolina
4 college students sat down at a lunch counter at Woodworth to be served. They were refused service. Continued to “sit in” and others joined, the protest spread to their 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 second half of the freedom riders and were a part of the march to selma -
Freedom riders
Civil rights activists who protested segregated bus terminals They were met with angry mobs that beat them up Interstate Commerce Commission issued regulations prohibiting segregation in interstate transit terminals. -
March on Washington
Advocate for the veil 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% of marchers were black. It helped to pass the civil rights act of 1964 -
Civil rights act of 1964
Can not be refused service Forbids employers and labor unions to discrimate against any person Prohibits discrimination against race color religion national origin sec or physical disability -
March on Selma
600 students March from Selma to Montgomery Alabama to get the right to vote They walked 54 miles and were stopped at the bridge seen on national television LBJ ordered the passage of 1965 voting rights law 2nd March took place March 21-24 days with 25,000 marcher including MLK -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
One of the most comprehensive pieces of legislation in U.S, History Blacks were registering to vote and being elected to public office