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Plessy vs. Ferguson
Came from an incident in which an African American train passenger, Homer Plessy. refused to sit in a Jim Crow car, breaking a Louisiana law. The court rejected Plessy's argument that his constitutional rights were violated. <a href='' >http://goo.gl/GyeL04</a> -
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Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
CORE was founded by a group of interracial students on Chicago.They were influenced by Ghandi's teachings of nonviolent resistnace. CORE integrated northern public facilities. CORE organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Freedom Rides, and many other nonviolent protests. <a href='' >http://goo.gl/r9Sakm</a> -
Jackie Robinson
<a href='' >http://goo.gl/STjij</a> Jackie Robinson was the first African American player in major league baseball. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers for a decade; making advancements in the cause for black -
Sweatt Vs. Painter
African American Heman Sweatt applied to the University Texas School of Law and was denied admission. With help of the NAACP his case made it to the supreme court and the court ordered that Sweatt be admitted to the school. <a href='' >https://goo.gl/2zUigw</a> -
Brown Vs. Board of Education
Linda Brown, a student in an all black elemntary school brought a suit against the Board of Education of Topeka claiming racial segregation violated back students' constitutional guarantee of equal protection. The court eventually rejected the "Spereate but Equal" <a href='' >https://goo.gl/veSqXw</a> -
Medger Evers
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Medger Evans was a civil rights activist. He was assassinated June 12, 1963 which then sparked public outcry. "You can kill a man but you can't kill an idea." -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
It first started when Rosa Parks refused her seat on the bus to a white person and was arrested. Soon, 99% of the city's African Americans refused to ride the buses. Four churches were burned but the boycott still continued, Finally almost a year later the supreme court declared segregated busing was unconstitutional. link> -
"The Southern Manifesto"
A resolution condemning the 1954 supreme court decision in the Brown vs Board of Education. In opposistion to racial integration of public places. <a href='' >http://goo.gl/19sOJy</a> -
Little Rock - Central High School
Nine African American students known as the Little Rock Nine attempted to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. A white mob prevented the students from entering, finally on September 23, 1957 they entered. <a href='' >http://goo.gl/7wl8JT</a> -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
Founded during the Montgomery Bus Boycott, they issued a document delcaring that civil rights are essential to democracy, segregation must end, and all blacks should reject segregation absolutely and nonviolently. link -
Greensboro Sit-In
Nonviolent protest by young African American students at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. It sarked a sit in movement that spread to college towns throughout the region. Though there were many arrests, their actions forced Woolworth's and other establishments to change their segregationist policies. <a href='' >http://goo.gl/jnmA2S</a> -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
It was formed to give younger blacks more of a voice in the civil rights movement. The group played a large role in the freedom rides. They also directed much of the black voter registration drives in the south. <a href='' >http://goo.gl/n9oXho</a> -
Freedom Rides
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A group of 13 African American and white civil rights activits launched a serie of bus trips through the south to protes segregation in interest bus terminals. In September 1961 the interstate Commerce Commission issued regulations prohibiting segregation in bus and train stations . -
James Meredith
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He was the first black man to enter the University of Mississippi, by jury of law. (several riots errupted) -
"Letter from Birmingham jail"
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Written by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., it served as a document solidifying his fight against injustice. It sparked unity within the black communtiy. -
March on Washignton
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The largest rally in history served to publically announce black grievances for civil rights. An estimated 250,000 people were there. -
Bombing of Birmingham Church
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The bombing of the 16th Baptist Church was a horrible act of white supremcy. It killed 4 young girls and many others were injured. -
Twenty-Fourth Amendment
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The 24th Amendment took away a previous poll tax which was a tax needed to vote. -
Mississippi Freedom Summer
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A movement to get as many African American voters as possible in Mississippi, which outlawed African American voting. -
Civil Rights Act Passed
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It gave equal rights and freedoms. The document outlawed racism and discrimination based on race, color, nationality,religious beliefs, or sex. -
Selma To Montgomery March
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The Selma to Montgomery March describes three marches in 1965. The marches highlighted racial injustice. African Americans showed their desire to vote in defiance of segregation. -
Malcom X Assassinated
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Malcom X was shot at his own rally for his anti-white agenda and assassinated. He was one of the greatest and most influential African Amercans in history. -
Voting Rights Act Approved
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The act aimed to tear down racial barriers as well as legal ones. This act allowed free voting. -
Black Panthers
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Huey Newton and Bobby Seal founded the Black Panthers. They practiced militant self defense of minority communities against the U.S. government. -
King Assassinated
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King was assassinated in Memphis where he was planning to make a speech about sanitation workers. He was shot on his balcony at the Lorraine Motel.
