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Plessy Vs Ferguson
A man that had 1/8 black was kicked off because he had a little black hertig -
NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of color people is the civle rights founded in 1909 -
the congresses of racial equality if formed
African American civil rights organization -
Desegregation of military
Blacks and white troops fought together and not in black or white groups -
Brown V. Board of Education
A 2nd grader Linda Brown attended a black school he dad thought her school was not equal to the white school. public schools desegregated. -
Montgomery Bus Boycotts
Started with Rosa Parks not giving up her seat to a white person and she was arrested blacks responded in a Bus boycott and it lasted 381 days. Victory for the busses in Montgomery were desegregated. -
Brown V. Board of Education 2
Supreme court ruled that public schools must integrate. -
Crisis At Little Rock Central
Blacks broke the color barrier at Little Rock central High School -
Malcolm X begins leading the nation of Islam
Second most effective leader -
Sit-ins
Peacefully sat at lunch counters all day and soon met with violence and arrest -
Freedom Riders
Rode busses throughout the south to protest both black and whites. -
the freedom riders
rode buses and was attcaed by white people -
James Meredith
He attempted to enroll in an all-white university Victory for integration and federalism -
MLK i have a dream
Marti Luther King said his "I have a dream" speech at the march on Washington -
Birmingham
Most segregated city in south protest target city 18 bombings accur between 1957 and 1963 -
March on Washington
200,000 protesters attempt to pressure congress to pass JFK's Proposed Civil Rights -
The Civil Rights act of 1964
outlawed discrimination of color, race, religion, sex or national origin. -
freedom summer
More blacks and whites to be able to vote -
march from Selma
MLK organizes voter registation march from Selma to Montgomery -
MLK assassination
Martin Luther King was assassinated at Lorrain motel in Memphis, Tennesse. -
Rodney King Trial
He was beaten by three officers
