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14th Amendment
This amendment was on 9 July 1868, it addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws, and was proposed in response to former slave issues. -
Plessy vs Ferguson
This happened on may 18th 1896 and was a landmark constitutional case based on upholding racial segregation laws for public facilities -
Race riots in Chicago
38 people died. Came from a black man being stoned by a mad white man by the beach. This started conflict between the whites and blacks. Riots struck and finally ended on August 3rd. -
Executive order 9981
Issued on July 26, 1948. By U.S. president Harry S. Truman to abolish racial segregation, to create equal rights for blacks. -
Brown vs Board
Argued on December 9th, 1954. Argued against blacks being allowed in white schools and to have public schools and black schools be separate and not mixed. -
Emmett Till
Died August 28th, 1955 at the age of 14 by lynching. Was killed for being falsely accused of flirting with a white women. -
Montgomery bus boycott
December 5th-20th. A public protest against racial segregation. Was done on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama -
SCLC
This was an African American civil rights association that closely associated themselves with Martin Luther King. They relied on him to lead them to getting equal rights. They marched in many places and did whatever it took to get their rights and point across. -
Little rock central HS
Under escort of the U.S.’s airborne army division, 9 black students entered an all white student school in Arkansas. Arkansas was one of the most progressive states and the supreme court declared the education was being unconstitutional because they didn’t accept black students. -
NC sit in
A group of students sat in at the Greensboro diner to protest the continued segregation and it sparked sit-ins across the country. -
Freedom Riders
Groups of people black and white drove through the deep south basically to piss of racists. -
James Meredith
The first black student at the University of Mississippi. This was a huge moment for African Americans and the civil rights movement. -
Letter from Birmingham Jail
MLK wrote letters from jail here where he encouraged his fellow African Americans to continue fighting but he wanted them to do it peacefully. -
University of Alabama
The governor of Alabama was blocking off black students from entering the school until the National Guard forced 2 qualified black students to be accepted. -
I Have a Dream
MLK was in DC and speaking and he said that one day he hopes that all men from all walks of life can life together. 250,000 people attended the speech. -
Birmingham Bombing
This occurred at a Church where blacks were attending mass and a bomb was set off and killed 4 young black girls which led to further racial division between blacks and whites -
Freedom Summer
A civil rights group went through the country registering blacks to vote and while doing this they were attacked by KKK and government authorities. -
Civil Rights Act
This law forbids discrimination and equal voter registration. -
Selma to Montgomery
Martin Luther King lead a march of thousands of people into Montgomery, the capital of Alabama. This march was conducted of nonviolent black people to obtain voting rights in the south. -
Watts Riot
Took place in LA on Aug 11, a small argument turned into a fight. All of these riots caused $40 million in damages -
Executive Order 11246
Prevented discrimination when hiring employees for work. -
Black Panthers
This was a revolutionary black nationalist and socialist party formed in 1966 challenged police brutality. The black panthers insulted many programs and challenged them, like the free breakfast for children. -
Detroit Race Riots
This started on 12th street as a public disturbance. There was a police raid on on an unlicensed bar. People were angry at the police and began to riot and it turned into one of the deadliest protest in American history. -
MLK Death
Martin Luther King was in Memphis Tennessee and got shot while standing on a balcony. Martin Luther King was at a sanitation worker’s strike and got shot in the jaw, severing his spine. -
Civil Rights Act
This gave equal housing opportunity to anybody regardless of race or religion.
