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Plessy VS Ferguson
constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality -
Brown VS Board Of Ed
Desegregation in a school a little girl Was not being allowed to be in a school that was close to her they made her walk and Brown fought against it -
Emmitt Till
Was killed because he said bye baby to a white women -
Montgomery Bus Boycotts
Blacks and some whites stopped riding public transport -
Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957 -
Freedom riders
Rode buses into segragated areas and people were torched and seriously hurt -
I Have A Dream Speech
MLK gave his "I have a dream speech" about segragation -
Civil Rights Act
US labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. -
Malcolm X
He beleived that blacks were superior over whites -
MLK Assassinated
was killed because he stood up for what he beleived in -
Boston busing
was a period in which the Boston Public Schools were under court control to desegregate through a system of busing students.