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Plessy v. Ferguson
The state of Lousiana enacts a law that requires seperate railway cars for blacks and for whites. In 1892, Homer Plessy sits in "whites only" train. He refuses to changes train cars. The Supreme Court rules that seperates train for blacks and whites is legal. -
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Civil Rights Movement 1950-1979
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Linda Brown
Topeka, Kansas and Washington D.C.
8 year old African-American girl
Lives within walking distance of whites-only elementary school.
Due to segragation, Linda Brown has to be busses to black school.
Linda's father sues school board of Topeka, Kansas. The Supreme Court agrees to hear the case.
In 1954, the Supreme Court declares school segregation is unconstitutional.
Blacks amd Whites must be allowed to go to school together. -
Emmett Till
Summer 1955
A store he was killed in a lake
A 14 year old black boy who whistled at white woman working at the store and he was later killed and drowned in a lake by being weight down with wieghts tied to him . -
Montgomerey "Bus Boycott"/Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks a black woman refused to give up her seat to a wihte man on the bus and was arrested. -
little rock central high school
9 students were harasses trying to go to a black school by an angry mob . they had to be driven to school by the us army and were asined a guard all day. -
lunch counter
sayings for peole who dident respect african americans. there was always a uncertianty for alwayys is what was going to happen -
freedom rights
threatened to be killed -
birmingham alabama
began the boycot march martin luther king jr -
burmingham alabama
voting -
James Meredith Verteran and Student
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james meredith
University of mississippi
supreme university must admit him court rules the government of mississippi to order troopers to provent meredith from entering ole miss campus between september 30 and october 1 riots erupt act over merediths enrothment october 1 meredith becomes the first african american student at ole miss after president kenedy orders us marshalls to mississippi to enshure his safty. -
Birmingham Alabama "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"
Good Friday
MArtin Luther King Jr wrote how he feels about being discriminated against while in jail for protesting. He wrote it for all his fellow black brothers and sisters. -
Birmingham, Alabama Bombing of the 16th St Baptist Church
There was a bombing by the KKK of 4 young children in this church how some white people realized how terrible this was getting -
Voting Right Actions: Registration Drive
SUmmer of 1964
STudents and blacks went down to vote and help to get blacks to be able to vote. -
Voting Rights ACtions: Murdere of Civil Rights Workers in Phil, Mississippi
People surrounded these 2 Civil Rights workers (white and boxed them in then killed them. They found other remains of the same situations.) -
congress
washington dc
congress passes the civil rights act of 1964 which bans descrimination eployment and in places. -
Muder of Jimmie Lee JAckson
Alabama
Tried to prevent his mother and grandfather from being beaten and was thrown to the ground by a state trooper and beat him to death. (Killed for trying to get freedom) -
Bloody Sunday
AFter Jimmie Lee Jackson's death. Governors office (March)
Was a march of outraged blacks to the governor's office a huge battle with poilice many died/wounded from being beaten. -
Voting Right MArch
14 days after Bloody Sunday
Selma to Mongomery
People marched so they could get people to vote (who were citzens of America) -
supreme court
washington dc
the supreme court hands down a decision in loving virginia striking down laws against internal marriage as unconstitutuional. -
thurgood marshall
supreme court
becomes first african american appionted to the supreme court -
martin luther king jr
memphis tennesse
he is assassinatedas he stands on the balcony on his hotel room -
fred hamton
illinois
the leader black panther is shot and killed by police during a raid.
