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Plessy V Ferguson
It was upheld the constitutionality of racial of segregation -
Formation of the NAACP
Colored people organization -
The Congress of Racial Equality is formed
Its an African American civil rights organization -
Desegregation of the Military
For other races to get into the army or any other military things
it was signed by Truman -
Brown vs. Board of Education
a 3rd grader attended a school that was farther away from her house then the white school that was a block away. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white person on a bus. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Began 100 days after the murder of Emmett Till. It desegregated bus seats -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference is formed
Is an African American Orgainization -
Little Rock 9
Nine Black students chose to break the color barrier in Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas -
Sit-Ins
SNCC staged several sit ins and peacefully sit at lunch counters where blacks weren't allowed to sit -
Malcolm X begins leading the Nation of Islam
Was the second most effective leader. -
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
Major Civil Rights Movement Organizations of 1960s -
Freedom Riders
Bus Facilities for interstate travel were segregated -
James Meredith
Attempts to enroll in all white university -
Birmingham
Civil Rights Bill was proposed -
March on Washington
200,000 protesters attempt to pressure Congress to pass JFK's proposed Civil Rights Bill. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
During the March on Washington Martin Gave his "I Have a Dream" speech -
The Civil Rights Act
Ended segregation in public places and employment discrimination -
Freedom Summer
Was to help more blacks and whites be able to vote -
Mississippi Freedom Summer Project
1200 New black voters registered -
Marches from Selma
MLK organizes voter registration march from Selma to Montgomery -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
Was assassinated because of what he believed in -
Boston Busing
Schools were under court control desegregation and so all races could go to school and ride the same bus. -
Rodney King Trial
A guy that was beat by three officers and they couldn't tell what type of charges to put against him
