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Brown vs Board of Education
- Brown V Board of education was one of thr cornerstone of the civil rights movement
- it helped establish “ separate- but- equal” for education and other services
- it separated children in public schools in the basis of race was unconstitutional
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Murder of Emmett Till
- 14 year old from Chicago, visiting family in Mississippi
- Accused of whistling at a white woman
- Roy Bryant and Jw Milan kidnap, bent, shot, killed, and then threw Emmets body in the river -Maime Till, Emmits mother had an open casket funeral
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Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus boycott
Rosa parks refused to move seats and she is arrested on December 1, 1955.
- Rosa Parks refused to move seats to give her seat to a white man
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SCLC
Testing brown v Board of education decisions, 9 students were vetted to undergo this test. Airborn 101 escorted -
Little Rock Nine & central high school
Testing brown vs board of education decisions, 9 students were vetted to undergo this test. Airborne 101 escorted students to class.
- the following year (1958) all public schools closed
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Greensboro Sit- in
Jan 1, 1960- North Carolina
- 4 college students sat down at a lunch counter at woolworths to be served. They were refused service. Continued to “sit- in” and others joined, the protest spread to other towns and forced a change -
Student Nonviolent coordinating committee (SNCC) & 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 Ride/ Freedom Riders
It was a 2 week bus trip to the Deep South to deliberately violate J.C.L. It was organized by CORE. The buses were burned and riders beaten by the KKK. Nov 1, 1961 white and colored signs are removed from bus stations, train stations and lunch counters. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African American. 250,000 people were in attendance at the Lincoln memorial. MLK was the last to speak, and give his “ I have a dream speech.” 70-80% of marchers were black. It helped to pass the civil right act of 1964. -
Civil Rights Act (1964)
The act can not be refused for service. It forbids employers and labor unions to discriminate against any person on grounds race, color, religion, sex, physical disability or age in job related matters
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Selma to Montgomery Marches (Bloody Sunday)
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 order the passage of 1965 voting rights law. 2nd March took place March 21-24 with 25,000 marched including MLK. -
Voting Rights Act (1965)
One of the most comprehensive pieces of legislation in US history. Blacks were registering to vote and being elected to public office.