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Plesy v Ferguson
Sanctioned the "seperate but equal" segregation. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Supreme court rules segregation of school unconstitutional -
Rosa Parks BUs Boycott
Rosa Parks refused to give up her colored seat of the bust to a white man. -
Little Rock Nine
9 African American students are put into a white school and require national guard to protect them. -
Eugene "Bull" Connors handling of people
Birmingham commissioner of Public Safety uses fire hoses and dogs on black protesters. Pictures and videos of the events shook the world -
Martin Luther King Arrested and Jailed
MLK gets arrested at anti-segregation protests in Birmingham -
Children's March
Over a thousand students left school in order to march against segregation and gathered at Sixth Street Baptists Church to march to downtown Birmingham. Hundreds upon thousands of children were arrested and jailed. First filling police wagons then school busses.