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XXIV (24th) Amendment
The 24th Amendment prevented the poor from not voting by banning all poll taxes on federal elections. This made it so not just the rich could vote. -
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Brown v Board of Education
Brown v Board of Education was a court case taken to supreme court that ruled segrefation in public schools is unconstitutional. -
White Citizens Council
They were mainly against the idea of integration of schools, but also fought against the idea of voter registration and the integration of the public facilities in the US. they were mostly assosiated with the KKK. -
Brown v Board of Education II
Brown v Board of Education II was a court case to speed up the process of intergration that was earlier decided with the first Brown v Board of Education court case. -
Lynching of Emmett Till
Emmett Till was from Chicago, visiting his family in Mississippi when he was murdered for flirting with a white woman in a store. The woman's husband and son were found not guilty of the brutal murder. Emmet's mom decided to have an open casket to show the world racisim had done. -
Rosa Parks Arrested
Rosa Parks is best known for her civil rights actions. She refused to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man. She was then arrested which led to the Montgomery bus boycotts. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott took place after the Rosa Parks incident where she refused to give up her spot on the bus to a white man and was arrested. The boycott in total lasted around a whole year when people of color refused to ride the public bus and would walk everywhere instead. The Boycott ended when they passed a law desegregating public buses. -
Martin Luther King House Bombing
MLK’s house in Montgomery, Alabama was bombed after rosa parks got arrested. MLK's house was bombed because racists were against everything he stood for. -
SCLC Founded
The SCLC was founded in January 1957 in Atlanta, Georgia. It is an African American civil rights organization closly affiliated with MLK. -
Eisenhower sends in Federal Troops
the tension was growing with desegregation in the south. In little rock, Arkansas 9 black students were starting to attend an all white high school.People began showing up and protesting at the school and Eisenhower had to decide how to respond to the situation. he sent in the 101st Airborne Division and had them escort the students. -
SNCC Formed
The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee was a group of younger blacks that gave them a stronger voice in the civil rights movement. This was because the older civil rights movement mostly consisted of older generations. They wanted to go beyond social change and use nonviolence as a way of life. -
Greensboro sit ins
These sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests that were meant to integrate restaurant countertops. Over time, the protests grew in popularity and spread to different restaurants. -
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Freedom Rides
The freedom riders were a group of white and African American civil rights activists who went on bus trips through the South in 1961. They fought against the segregation laws in buses, restaurants, and all public places throughout the South and drew attention to their cause because they were often met with violence or police. They were offered support by the government several times, but were abandoned and yet again met with brutality and angry mobs. -
White mob attacks federal marshals in Montgomery
this riot occurs when there was a meeting led by MLK and several other leading activists in a church in Montgomery to honor the freedom riders. 600 marshals were sent to defend the church and they did so, keeping the mob out of the church. -
Albany Georgia “failure”
Many local black leaders as well as members of SNCC and the NAACP were important in founding it and later MLK and members of the SCLC joined.Many of them disagreed and so there was tension within the movement and because of that they didn’t achieve many of their goals. -
Bailey v Patterson
This court case decision was that states may not have racial segregation on intrastate or interstate transportation. This was passed in February of 1962. -
MLK goes to a Birmingham jail
A protest in Birmingham became violent when firefighters used strong pressured hoses on the demonstrators. Many rioters were arrested including MLK who ignored the warning against demonstrations. While in jail for about a week, he wrote an open letter explaining the reasons behind protests that became really popular. -
Bombing of Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth
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Kennedy sends in Federal Troops
He stated that the government will do anything to preserve order and protection of all citizens. He appealed to both sides, white and black negotiate with one another in order to stop violence. In the Birmingham protest, President Kennedy sent military riot-control units in order to stop the violence. -
Equal Pay Act
The Equal Pay Act was signed by JFK in June of 1963. This Act makes it necessary for equal pay and work for both sexes in the same workplace. -
Assassination of Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers was a leader of civil rights and volunteered in the US army, While at home in Mississippi, he was shot by a white supremacist named Byron de la Beckwith. He was put on trial and was found not guilty, however 30 years later the trial reopened and he was found guilty of murder and was sentenced life in prison. -
March on Washington “I have a Dream”
The March on Washington was organized by many civil rights activists and was a mile long March from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial. It was for remembering and respect of president lincoln. -
Bombing of a church in Birmingham
On a Sunday, before the church service, the White supremacists had called in bombs to disrupt the church service and meetings. The bombing resulted in thousands of black protesters gathered around the church, and troops were sent to break them up, leading to many arrests and 2 black men killed. -
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
John F Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States when he was assassinated by Harvey Oswald. Kennedy was riding in a car with his wife in Dallas ,Texas when he was shot. -
Freedom Summer
CORE and SNCC sponsored this project to increase the number of black people in the Mississippi voting registration.The KKK tried to stop the activists by violence. -
Killing of Goodman, Chaney, Schwerner
Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, and James Chaney were civil rights activists. They were abducted and murdered by Ray Killen in 1964.They were fisrt reported as missing and later found two months later. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned employment discrimination and segregation in public places. This act received a lot of negative responses from southern members. -
Assassination of Malcolm X
Malcolm X was a minister and throughout his life, activated for civil rights. He was the leader of the NAtion of Islam in the 1950s and 1960s. He was assassinated at the age of 38 by Thomas Hagan in New York City. -
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Selma to Montgomery March
The Selma to Montgomery March was meant to achieve voting rights for the African Americans in the south. The first march from Selma was also known as “Bloody Sunday” where it caught the attention of many outraged Americans who saw that the demonstrators were tear gassed and severely beaten when they refused to turn away. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed by President Lyndon B Johnson. The act was meant to overcome discrimination when it came to voting rights. by getting rid of literacy tests and other things to prevent African Americans to vote. -
Black Panthers Formed
The Black Panthers were a political organization founded in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale and their original goal was to fight against police brutality against African Americans. They would dress in black berets and black leather jackets and organized armed citizen patrols to patrol Oakland and other US cities. -
Minneapolis Riots
This rioting in North Minneapolis that lasted for about three days with vandalism, arson, and assaults coming from tensions that had been building for years in North Minneapolis due to the fact that all minorities were forced to live there due to racism in the rest of the city. -
Loving v Virginia
One African American woman named Mildred Jeter and a white man named Richard Loving lived in Virginia. When they got married in the District of Columbia in 1958, they were charged due to an interracial relationship. The couple was found guilty and sentenced to a year in prison. -
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Detroit Riots
The Detroit riots started because African Americans thought it wasn't fair that the majority of their population was poor.There were 2500 store lootings and fires among the building that resulted in damage of $32 million.esulted in 33 black people and 10 white people killed. -
Assassination of MLK
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was in Memphis Tennesse when he was assassinated. He is known for being one of the most impactful,
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Assassination of Robert “Bobby” Kennedy
Robert Kennedy was a senator from New York whoa activated for civil rights. He was at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles when he was shot. This happend after he won the Califprnia presidential primary. He was shot by Palestinian, Sirhan Sirhan and died the next day.
