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Brown vs Board of Education
Naacp combines 5 cases from Kansas south Supreme Court. The court decides 9-10 that separate but will never go to school with white students. -
Murder of Emmett till
A used of whistling at a white women 3 days later Roy Bryant and others kidnapped eyes detached ear cut off bar wire wrapped around his neck weighed down by a 75 lbs cottoning fan thrown into water. -
Rosa parks
Rosa is arrested for failing to move seats on the bus she is fined $10 milk jr and church hand out Flyers to boycott the bus system on dec 5 ruled bus has to let blacks ride. -
Southern Christian leadership conference
A meeting of black church pastors to coordinate events for black people mlk was elected the 1st president this group used a nonviolent strategy this group also registered blacks to vote opposed vietman war and provide better jobs for blacks. -
Greensboro sit ins
Go to the Woolworth’s buy items then go sit at the lunch counter they were refused service and had 18 to leave the stayed and day after day they came back and did something the amount of students grew to 6000 over those days. -
Little Rock 9
A student wanted to go to a white school the governors of Arkansas call out the national guard to stop them president Eisenhower calls in 1200 military men to escort these from home to class 1959 all schools fully integrated. -
Freedom riders
A divers ground of volunteers from 39 states most where college students arrived in Anniston Alabama blocked by the kkk tires slashed fire boomed buses burned and beatings town after town. -
March on Washington
250000 people marched in Washington DC it was peaceful and respectful protest for jobs and freedom Martian Luther king gave his “i have a dream” speech mlk was last speaker of the day. -
Civil rights act
Enabled the federal government to prevent racial discrimination and segregation based on race color religion or national origin in provide businesses or public facilities. -
Assassination of Malcom x
Civil rights leader who was part of the Nation of Islam he wanted black people to believe in themselves and start there own business they where shit 21 times Thomas Hagen convicted of killing. -
Selma to Montgomery marches
Black marches wanted to walk 54 miles to Montgomery to register to vote at the Edmond bridge troopers brutality beat them. -
assassination of Martin Luther king
Striking sanitation workers protest in Memphis went back to the motel then got shop lower right side of his face with remmingatom rifle James early ray sentenced to 99 years his death marks the end of the civil rights. -
Voting right act
Enabling the right to vote of American American any discrimination in voting now a federal matter not state.