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Sweatt V Painter
The Supreme Court held that Sweatt's admission to the University of Texas School of Law was mandated by the equal protection clause in states where public graduate and professional schools were available for white students but not for black students. Black students must be accepted to the all-white institutions. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
It was a social and political protest movement against the practice of racial segregation on Montgomery, Alabama's public transportation system. This protest started 12/5/55 and ended 12/20/56. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA), which was successful in organizing a 381-day boycott of the segregated bus system in Montgomery, Alabama, gave rise to the civil rights group SCLC. -
Little Rock Nine Crisis
At Little Rock, Arkansas's Central High School, nine African American pupils enrolled. They moved through the throng, hurling objects and shouting profanities. The National Guard stopped the students from entering the school as soon as they arrived at the front entrance, forcing them to leave. -
Cooper V Aaron
The Supreme Court decided that legislation challenging the Court's 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education, which declared racial segregation in public schools to be unconstitutional, could not be passed by the state of Arkansas. -
Albany Movement
It focused first on desegregating transport facilities, creating a permanent biracial commission to consider additional desegregation, and freeing people imprisoned in segregation protests in an effort to remove all kinds of racial segregation in the city. -
Birmingham Movement
Leading the boycott, Shuttlesworth aimed to put pressure on corporate executives to hire people of every ethnicity and remove racial segregation from public spaces, restaurants, retail establishments, and schools. The SCLC consented to support local business and political leaders who opposed the boycott. -
Mississippi Freedom Summer
It was a volunteer effort to register a as many African-American voters in Mississippi as possible that was started in June 1964 and ended in August 1964 -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Standing on the balcony near of his upstairs room at the Lorraine Motel, located in Memphis, Tennessee, Martin Luther King was shot and killed. -
Fair Housing Act
It made it illegal to discriminate against someone based on their race, color, religion, or country of origin when purchasing, selling, or renting housing. -
Swann V Charlotte Mecklenburg
The US Supreme Court maintained busing policies designed to accelerate the racial integration of public schools in the country. -
Shirley Chisholm's Presidential Campaign
Chisholm tried to increase chances for people living in inner cities throughout her time in Congress. She was in favor of raising funding for social services like health care, education, and other programs. She was deeply troubled by incidents of discrimination against women, particularly when it came to underprivileged women. -
Hank Aaron's Home Run Record
In Atlanta, history was created when Hank Aaron hit the Great Bambino, Babe Ruth, with his 715th home run. That was the day that the home run king, Hammerin' Hank Aaron, was officially established. -
Barbara Jordan's Address At The Democratic Convention
In summary, Jordan said that democracy was a bad notion in the address she gave. It is the people who should lead by example, not the elected authorities. The American people must decide what they want as a nation and then unite to achieve those goals. -
University of California Regents V Bakke
The United States Supreme Court affirmed the constitutionality of the initiative but overturned the use of racial quotas.