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Civil Rights
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Plessy v. Ferguson
Supreme Court decision the constitutionality of state laws racial segregation in public under the doctrine of "separate but equal" -
Brown v. Board of Education
Colored schools for browns and whites. they wanted it to be seperate for the longest. Supreme court which was then included into this situation -
Murder of Emmett Till
14 year old boy was murdered for flirting with a white young lady. two men were suspects of the mudered commited. they kidnapped the boy, beat him and shot him in the head. -
Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycott
a lady sat in a seat and refused to give it up to a white man. the court lasted well over 381 days. -
Founding of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) & Martin Luther King
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was created on January 10-11, 1957, when sixty black ministers and civil rights leaders met in Atlanta, Georgia in an effort to replicate the successful strategy -
Little Rock Nine & Central High School
he Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957 -
Greensboro Sit-In
A group of african american student sit down at the bar which only whites can sit, soon after the were trailed. -
Freedom Ride/Freedom Riders
a group of 13 African-American and white civil rights activists launched the Freedom Rides, a series of bus trips through the American South to protest segregation in interstate bus terminals -
March on Washington
The largest march ever recored. which was based upon african americans demanding the equal rights betwwen both american and white. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) & Freedom Summer
African Americans needed literacy for political and voting rights during the Civil Rights era. -
Civil Rights Act (1964)
This document was signed to stop all the inequality against african americans. banning everything making them into laws if crossed will be punishment -
Assassination of Malcolm X
The assassination of malcolm x. which he was murdered by islam group at one of hid prep rallys. they shot him a week after the set fire to his house -
Voting Rights Act (1965)
The Voting Rights Act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson.African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment -
Assassination of MLK
Assassination of one of most known person throughout history. he was murdered at a motel.
