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Brown v. Board of Education
Court declared that state laws establishing schools that were public for black and white students to be unconstitutional -
White Citizens Council Founded
White supremacist organizations that were founded in 1954. These organizations were most concentrated in south. -
Brown V Board of Education II
Integrate schools with all deliberate speed. It explained how the U.S government would make sure the schools did de-segregate. -
Lynching of Emmett Till
Was murdered after white woman said she was offended by him in grocery store. He also became a huge icon for the civil rights movement. -
Rosa Parks arrested
Didn't give her seat up on a white bus to a white passenger, and got arrested for it.This sparked the Montgomery Bus boycott, a struggle to desegregate the city buses. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa parks refused to surrender her seat to a white person, and Supreme Court declared Alabama and Montgomery laws that segregrated buses were unconstitutional. -
SCLC Founded
African American Civil Rights organization, first president was MLK, who had larger role in civil rights movement -
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Albany, Georgia Failure
Mass movement of civil rights era, wanted desegration of entire community , resulted in jailing of over 1,000 African Americans in Albany and nearby areas. -
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Freedom Rides
Rode interstate buses into segregated southern U.S due to court cases ruling that segregated public buses were unconstitutional buses. -
White Mob attacks Federals Marshals in Montgomery
Surrounded first baptist church. Also, prompted court order by Judge Johnson leading to rules guaranteeing an end to segregation. -
Bailey vs Patterson
No State may require racial segregation of interstate or intrastate transportation facilities. -
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Assassinated while riding in a presidential motorcade in Dealey Plaza, by Lee Harvey Oswald -
Kennedy Sends in Federal Troops
Proclamation and executive order, would not permit extremists. -
Equal Pay Act
Prevented sex descrimination and encouraged equal pay for all employees -
Assassination of Midgar Evers
Assassinated by Byron De La Beckwith, because he was a civil rights leader. -
Kennedy sends in federal troops
Meant to prevent riots -
March on Washington "I have a dream"
Birth of MLK's "I have a dream" speech, massive protest march on jobs and freedom. -
Freedom Summer
Register as many African voters as possible in Mississippi -
Killing of Goodman, Chaney, Schwerner
Abducted and murdured in Neshoba county, during civil rights movement. All were associated with CORE and COFO -
Civil Rights Act 1954
Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin -
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Greensboro Sit-Ins
Nonviolent protests meant to cause Woolworth department store to remove its racial segregation policy and succeeded. -
Assassination of Malcolm X
Shot before he was allowed to make a speech about his new organization, by Thomas Hagan. -
Selma To Montgomery March
Protest marches by nonviolent activists. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Prohibits racial discrimination. -
MLK House Was Bombed
Bombed by segregationists, to retaliate against the success of Montgomery Bus Boycott -
Bombing of Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth
Bombed by KKK, when he served as pastor -
Black Panthers Formed
Challenged police brutality against African American communities -
Loving v. Viriginia
Court case that ended all race-based legal restrictions on marriage in the U.S -
Detroit Riots
Among the most violent,causing the death of 43 people. -
Minneapolis Riots Start
Due to racial tensions, resulted in violent demonstrations -
MLK Assassination
Martin Luther King was staying in room 306, by James Earl Ray -
Assassination of Bobby Kennedy
Assassinated at Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles by Sirhan Sirhan -
24th Amendment
Prohibits poll taxes, for federal elections.
