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Plessy V Ferguson
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1896, U.S Supreme Court case upheld the constiutionally of segregation Under the "Separate but equal" doctrine.
It all started when an African-American man refused to sit in a "Jim Crow" passenger train, breaking one of Lousiana's laws. -
Congress of Racial Equality
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Interracial American organization that was established by James Farmer to improve race relations and end discriminatory policies. -
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Medgar Evers
http://www.biography.com/people/medgar-evers-9542324Medgar was a civil rights activists who helped organize voter - registration. Medgar also helped organize demonstrations, and boycotts of companies who practiced discrimination. Medgar became the first state field secretary of the NAACP in Mississippi. He also fought in both France and Germany during World War II, and received an award. -
Sweatt v Painter
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Sweatt sought admission to the University of Texas Law School in 1946, but his application was rejected just because of his race. Sweatt then sued in state court, seeking an injunction to require law school officials to admit him to study. -
Jackie Robinson
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He became the first black player in the major leagues in 1947 where he signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
He was named Rookie of the year in 1947 and a world series champ in 1955.
In 1944 in Fort Hood, Texas, Robinson was arrested and court-martialed after refusing to give up his seat and move to the back of a segregated bus when ordered to by the driver. -
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Jackie Robinson
<a href='' >http://goo.gl/eFtfp6</a>Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier that not only changed baseball, but changed the culture and society of America itself. He was a great man who has enormous amounts of courage. most people were against having a black player in the Major Leagues. Some players on the Dodgers requested trades, and some refused to take the field with Jackie.
Jackie expanded the fanbase of the Brooklyn Dodgers, since most blacks looked to Robinson for courage, and they saw him as a hero -
Brown V Board of Education
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Brown v. Board of Education unanimously held that the racial segregation of children in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Although the decision did not succeed in fully desegregating public education in the United States, it put the Constitution on the side of racial equality and galvanized the nascent civil rights movement into a full revolution. -
Montgomery bus boycott
http://goo.gl/wIUx5M
The Montgomery bus boycott was a 13 month mass protest that ended with the U.S supreme court ruling that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional . MLK played the role as the primary King, he used the leadership abilities he had gained from his religious background and made protest strategy that involved the mobilization of black churches and skillful appeals for white support. -
The Southern Manifiesto
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The Southern Manifiesto was a document in the United States Congress in oppostiton to racial integration of public places.
The Manifiesto was signed by 101 politicians, 99 of them being Southern Democrats and 2 of them being Republicans. -
Southern Christian Leadhership Conference
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The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is an African-American civil rights organization. which is associated with its first president, Dr. Martin Luther King, who had a large role in the American Civil Rights Movement.
It is committed to nonviolent action to achieve social, economic, and political justice. -
Little Rock - Central High School
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On 4 September 1957, the first day of school at Central High, a white mob gathered in front of the school, and Governor Orval Faubus deployed the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the black students from entering.
but the students successfully entered the school through a side entrance on 23 September 1957. -
Greensboro sit-in
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The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960, which led to the Woolworth department store chain removing its policy of racial segregation in the Southern United States. A group of four men discussed that they should challenge the institution of segregation. -
Freedom Rides
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/freedom-ridesThey were a series of bus trips through the American South to protest segregation in interstate bus terminals. They were recruited by the CORE and attempted to integrate facilities at bus terminals along the way into the Deep South. -
James Meredith
http://www.biography.com/people/james-meredith-9406314James is a civil rights activists who was tthe first African American. James went to the University of Mississippi in 1962. James became active in the Republican Party, and he ran for a seat in the U.S House of Representatives in 1967. -
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Twenty-fourth Amendment
http://www.britannica.com/topic/Twenty-fourth-AmendmentIt was guaranteed the right to vote to former slaves. It prohibited the federal and state governments from imposing poll taxes before a citizen can participate in a federal election. -
Letter from Birmingham jail
https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/letter-birmingham-jailIn 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested and put in jail because he and others were protesting the treatment of blacks in Birmingham. A court had ordered that King could not hold protests in Birmingham. While the king was in jail he wrote a letter to the newspaper explaining why he did what he had done. -
March on Washington
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/march-on-washingtonIn 1963, more than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C., for a political rally.The march was for freedom, and jobs. The march was organized by many civil rights and religious groups, the event was designed to show what was really going on with political and social challenges African Americans faced across the country. -
Bombing of Birmingham church
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/birmingham-church-bombingA bomb exploded a little before Sunday morning church services at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. It served as a meeting place for civil rights leaders. The cause of the bombing killed four girls, and many others were injured. -
Civil Rights Act passed
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-actThe Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964. It ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, and religion. It was first brought up by President John F. Kennedy. It later passed to equality to African Americans. -
Mississippi Freedom Summer
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/freedom-summerFreedom Summer was a voter registration project in Mississippi. It was part of a larger effort by civil rights groups like, the Congress on Racial Equality, and the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee as well. They wanted to expand black voting in south.The Mississippi project was ran by the local Council of Federated Organizations -
Malcolm X assassinated
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/malcolm-x-assassinatedOne week after Malcolms home was firebombed, Malcolm X was shot to death by a nation of Islam members while speaking at a rally of his organization in New York City. -
Selma to Montgomery march
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/selma-montgomery-marchMartin Luther King had his Southern Christian Leadership Conference. It made Selma the focus to register black voters in the South. They were attempting to march from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery. After some time they finally reached Montgomery, their goal after three days. The march helped raise awareness of the difficulty faced by black voters in the South. -
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Voting Rights Act approved
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/voting-rights-actThe Voting Rights Act was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson. It aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from their right to vote.The act widened the franchise as well. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/sncc The SNCC was created on the campus of Shaw University in Raleigh two months later aftera group of black students had been denied service in a lunch counter.
It was basically to coordinate these sit-ins, support their leaders, and publicize their activities. -
Black Panthers
https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/workers/black-panthers/The Panthers followed Malcolm's belief of a working class across the spectrum of color and gender. The Panther was the party's official news organ.The panther is a symbol for self defense. They also fought for socialism by organizing many programs. -
King assassinated
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/martin-luther-king-jr-assassinationThe King was standing on the second-floor balcony at the Lorraine Motel, where he and friends were staying, A sniper’s bullet struck him in the neck. He was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead an hour later, He died at the age of 39.The king was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.
