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Used Violince to scare blacks into sumission -
Plessy Vs. Fergerson
The seprate But Equal Theroy Is Tested -
Jackie Roberson Challenges Racisim In Sports
In 1948, Reese put his arm around Robinson in response to fans who shouted racial slurs at Robinson before a game in Cincinnati. -
Rosa Parks
On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks refused to obey a bus driver's order to give up her seat in the colored section to a white passenger, after the white section was filled. -
Martain Luther King
His Famous I have a dream speech Changed the Nation -
Bull Conner
Connor's actions to enforce racial segregation and deny civil rights to Black citizens, especially during the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's ,Authorizing the use of attack dogs -
Anne Moody
Participated in a Woolworth's lunchcounter sit-in and protests in Jackson. -
Fannie Lou Hamer Elected Vice-Chair of the MDP
In 1964, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, or Freedom Democrat for short, was organized with the purpose of challenging Mississippi's all-white and anti-civil rights delegation to the Democratic National Convention, which failed to represent all Mississippians. Hamer was elected Vice-Chair. -
Malcom X
Assassinated while at a rally -
Black Panthers
Black Panther Party's core practice was its armed citizens' patrols to monitor the behavior of police officers and challenge police brutality. -
Bear Bryant
Bryant was accused of racism for refusing to recruit black players, but he merely said that the prevailing social climate did not let him do this. He finally was able to convince the administration to allow him to do so after scheduling the Tide's 1970 season opener against a strong University of Southern California team led by black fullback Sam Cunningham
