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Plessy v. Ferguson
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a U.S. Supreme Court case that gave the rights for states to pass laws allowing racial segregation in public and private locations like schools, public transportation, and restaurants. but they have to be "separate but equal" -
Congress of Racial Equality
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founded on the university of chicago campus. One of theleading activist organization they launched a series of initiatives like the Freedom Rides, the Freedom Summer voter registration project and the March on Washington. -
Jackie Robinson
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1947 Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier by playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers and helped the Dodgers to the National League championship -
Sweatt v Painter
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Sweatt was denied admission to the University of Texas Law School because he was African American this when to court because they did not follow the principle of "separate but equal" -
Medger Evers
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WWII veteran he started being an activist in 1954. He was a civil movement leader. He was threaten alot so was has family. On June 12, 1963 he was shot. -
"The Southern Manifesto"
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opposition to racial integration of public places. this document was siged by many politicians. -
Brown v Board of Education
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unanimous decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision, which had allowed the “separate but equal” public facilities. Declaring that “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal”. -
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Montgomery bus boycott
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African Americans refused to ride the city buses in Montgomery, Alabama for a year. This was because 4 days before Rosa Parks refused to give her seat on a bus to a white man -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
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a civil rights organization that stages the bus boycott. Martin luther king jr, bayard rustin, and ralph abernathy were some of the leaders. The SCLC was founded in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Ebenezer Baptist Church -
Little Rock - Central High School
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9 African Americans went to an all white school. The national guard was there to keep the students from going they were blocking their way . Many whites weren't happy about allowing frican americans to go to a white school. -
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Greensboro sit-in
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started by 4 African Americans they went to sit in a restaurant where African Americans weren't allowed to sit. Many were arrested for doing sit ins for disorderly conduct or disturbing the peace. -
Student Nonviolent Coordiinating Committee (SNCC)
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student civil rights group. They organized sit-ins and other nonviolent protest like MLK. They also played a large part in the freedom rides. some of the leaders were James Forman, Bob Moses, and Marion Barry -
"Freedom Rides"
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13 African-American and white civil rights activists ,traveled through the American South to protest segregation in the interstate. The Freedom Riders tried to use “whites-only” restrooms and lunch counters. 10 days later a bus was the first to arrive in Anniston, Alabama. There, was a mob, about 200 white people surrounded the bus,The mob followed the bus and someone threw a bomb inside the bus -
James Meredith
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attempted to enroll at the University of Mississippi. Roits broke out on campus, with riots ending in two dead, hundreds were hurt and arrested, 31,000 National Guardsmen had to enforce order. -
"Letter from Birmingham jail"
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4 days earlier MLK jr. and other protesters were arrested. In jail he wrote a letter he criticized the nation’s religious leaders, critiicizing them for sitting peacefully while King and others risked everything . -
March on Washington
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over 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C., for a rally Organized by a number of civil rights and religious groups. This is where MLK jr. gave his famous "I have a dream" speech. -
Bombing of Birmingham church
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a bomb exploded Sunday morning at the Church in Birmingham, Alabama.a church also served as a meeting place for civil right leaders. Four young girls were killed and many were injured -
Twenty-fourth Amendment
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the 24th amendment ended the mandatory poll taxes that prevented many African Americans from voting. -
Mississippi Freedom Summer
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Civil Rights Act passed
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ended segregation and banned employment discrimination of race, color, religion, gender or national origin. -
Malcolm X assassinated
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Malcom X was shot by Nation of Islam members when he was speaking at a rally in New York City -
Selma to Montgomery March
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It was a 5 day walk, MLK jr. leading supporters they walked to Montgomery to protest for their voting rights -
Voting Rights Act approved
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King assassinated
sourceMLK jr. was assassinated at 6P.M. he was standing on the 2nd floor and the bullet struck his neck and he ded an hour late. he died at the age of 39
