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Plessy V. Ferguson
This event upheld the nation, racial segregation was constitutionally legal under the 'separate bu equal' doctrine -
The Brown V. Board of Education
The Brown V. Board of Education was an historical event because the court ruled that african american and white people should be separate but equal. The Brown case sereved as catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement. -
Emmett Till
Emmett Till was a young 14 year old African American boy who went to MIssissippi to visit his grandfather and was murdered by two white men in Aug 28, 1955 -
The MOntgomery Bus Boycott
he Montgomery Bus Boycott was a seminal event in the United States Civil Rights Movement. It was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation in December 01,1956. -
Little Rock School Desegregation
Students from this school weere initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school, the supreme court ruled that all schools msut be desegregated. -
Sit-ins Greensboro/Nashville
It was a nonviolent campaign to end racial segregation -
March On Bimingham
he March on Birmingham was an organization held by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1963 to bring attention to the unequal treatment that The African American society endured in Alabama. -
March In Washigton
The March In Washigton was one of the largest political rallies in the history of the United States. It was organized by a group of civil rights and relegious organizations. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This event outlawed forms of discrimination against racial, ethnic and religious minorities. -
The Voting Rights of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the disenfranchisement widespread of African American people. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King was assassinated in April 4th,1968. He was the leader and head of the Civil Rights movement.
