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Brown V. Board of Education
the Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional.
(Location: Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, Delaware District of Columbia.) -
Murder of Emmett Till
kidnapped, beaten, shot in the head, had a large metal fan tied to his neck with barbed wire, and was thrown into the Tallahatchie River (Location: Money Mississippi) -
Rosa Parks and the Buss Boycott
Parks rejected a bus drivers order to leave a row of four seats in the “colored” section once the white section had filled up and move to the back of the bus. (Location: Montgomery Alabama) -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
played key roles in the March on Washington in 1963 and the Selma Voting Rights Campaign and March to Montgomery in 1965. (Location: Atlanta Georgia) -
Little Rock 9
9 African American students arrived at central high school in Little Rock Arkansas. They made their way through a crowd shouting obscenities and even throwing objects. Once the students reached the fron door the national guard prevented them from entering the school and were forced to go home. (Location: Little Rock Arkansas) -
Ruby Bridges
One of 6 black children to pass a hard test to go to a white school, she was escorted by federalism’s, to be the only student. (Location: New Orleans, Louisiana) -
Freedom Riders
Were all arrested in Jackson in the bus depot for violating segregation statutes and were taken to jail. (Location: southern States, New Orleans) -
Greensboro Sit ins
More than 2 thousand African Americans of all ages and classes silently marched to downtown Greensboro to show their dedication to achieving racial equality. (Location: Greensboro, North Carolina) -
March on Washington
Martin Luther king Jr gives his “I have a dream” speech, It was the last speech of the day.
(Location: near Lincoln memorial) -
Civil Rights Act
Law signed by President prohibited discrimination in public accommodation and federally funded programs. (Location: White House) -
Assassination of Malcom X
A man rushed forward and shot him once in the chest with a sewed-off shotgun and two other men charged the stage firing semi-automatic shotguns. (Lactation: Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan) -
Selma to Montgomery Marches (Bloody Sunday)
State troopers and county members violently attacked the marchers, leaving many of them injured and bloodied. Some of them unconscious. (Location: Montgomery Alabama) -
Voting Rights Act
Prohibited states from imposing qualifications or practices to deny the right to vote on account of race. (Location: Selma Alabama) -
Assassination of Martin Luther Kind
Shortly after 6 p.m. on April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and mortally wounded as he stood on the second-floor balcony outside his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn. He was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. at St.