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Committee on Civil Rights
The Committe on Civil Rights was crreated by President Truman when he passed the Executive Order 9808, on Dec. 5,1946. The Committee on Civil Rights main objective was to obseve the violence towards blacks in America. -
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson was the first black man to play professional baseball. Jackie was recruited by a white man, Branch Rickey, who wanted to intergrade the MBL. For Jackie's MBL career he played for the Brooklyn Dodgers. While on this team he face many racial conflicts with opposing players, fans and even his teammates. But Jackie continue to play and won many accomplishments.
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A. Philip Randolph
A. Philip Randolph had many accomplishment during his life but I'm only going to be talking about one. After WWII Philip organized and created Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Against Military Segregation, to urge young men to disobey the Jim Crow law and speard civil disobedience. Short after this the presidenial elections rollled around and President Truman afraid to loss black votes, President Truman passed the Executive Order 9981, banned segregation in the armed forces, on July 26, 1948. -
KKK
On Christmas Eve of 1951, activists Harry and Harriette Moore, of the NAACP, was killed by a KKK bombing. The bomb was planted underneath their floorboard directly under their bed. Harry died in route to the hospital, later Harriette died nine days later after the bombing. The following year FBI investigated the KKK but no arrest was made. -
Brown v. Board of Education Topeka, Kansas
Brown v. Board of Education I was about Linda Brown being denied the right to attend a school near her house because she was black. This case challenged Plessey v. Ferguson decision "separated but equal", which led this case to win and gave all black kids the right to go to any school they want to. Due to no progress on intergrading school, Brown went to the Supreme again. Brown v. Board of Education II the Supreme Court decided to desegregate all the school "wirh all deliberate speed." -
Plessey v. Ferguson
Plessey v. Ferguson court case was back in the 1896. Plessey v. Ferguson case decision was "separated but equal", it was a major influence on the Brown v. Board of Education. It really swayed the judges to see what was right and what was wrong. -
Montomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a protest against Montgomery bus transport system for segregating the buses and wrongfully arresting Rosa Parks.The Montgomery Bus Boycott all started with Rosa Parks refusing to give up her set after a long day off work. She didn’t mean to start a powerful boycott, mostly known as Montgomery Bus Boycott, against the bus system of Alabama. This is known to be one of the top powerful protests in the Civil Rights Movement.
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Governor Faubus
Governor Orval Eugene Faubus strongly disliked integration. He disproved of it so much to where he called the national guard to blocked the admissions so nine black students couldn't be admit to an all white school,this nine students are also known as The Little Rock Nine, Central High School. After this incident President Eisenhower federalized the National Guard and dispatched Army troops to protect the Little Rock Nine and maintain peace. -
First Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act of 1957 wasn't the first civil rights act but it was the first civil rights act in the 20th century. President Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 so blacks can exercise their right to vote that was given to them. -
Elizabeth Eckford
Elizabteth was a part of the Little Rock Nine, the first black students to intergrate an all-white school in Little Rock, AK. On the official first day of school, Sept. 4, 1957, Governor Faubus sent the National Guard to block the entrance of the school. Elizabeth not knowing the security escort through the mob scene, she was immediately surrounded by an angry crowd and prevented from entering the school. On Sept. 25, 1957, President Eisenhower sent tropps to ecsort Litte Rock Nine to school. -
Samuel O'Quinn
After coming from his cafe with his wife and son, Samuel was shot in the back and died on route to the hospital. Samuel just came back from the north after joining the NAACP before he died. He came back to MS and was preparing a civil rights activity in his home county. That planning and joining the NAACP ultimately led to his death. Samuel's killer was never founded. -
Clyde Kennard
Clyde Kennard attempted to go to an all-white college,Mississippi Southern College. When he first tried coming to this college Governor Coleman told Clyde it wasn't the best time to attend Mississippi Southern College. Next year he applied again, then College President McCain, said Clyde didn't turn in his transcript from the University of Chicago. After that incident Clyde was arrested for speeding and possession of whiskey. This ruined his chances of even going to an all-white school was gone. -
James Meredith
James Meredith was the first black student to intergrade University of Mississippi, Ole Miss. Before James enrolled in Ole Miss, he went to an all-black college named Jackson State College. During James two years at Jackson State he applied to Ole Miss by was reject after the registrar found out his race. After this James went to the court since schools was required to desegate. The district count ruled against James, so James went to the Supreme Court and they ruled in his favor. -
Arrest of MLK in Alabama
King got arrested in Alabama for demonstrating without a permit. While in jail King wrote “Letter from Birmingham Jail” , which stated ways to stay peaceful during protest. A week after King's arrest he was release on bond. -
Anne Moody
Anne Moody sit-in at Woolworth's in downtown Jackson. As Anne sat there waiting to be served a mob of white people threw food items at her and her classmates. Her and her two other classmate took an iconic picture of what a sit-in was like back then. This was one of the first peaceful way to protest against segregation. -
Second Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which was the second civil of the 20th century, was signed by President Johnson. This Civil Rights Act was created to end public segregation and discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or nationality. This act made one equal and it also helped being in two major act to life Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968. This majorly help bring legal segregation to an end. -
Voting Rights Act
The Voting Rights Act reinforced the 15th Amendent, which gave any man the ablilty to vote. The Voting Rights Act lifted crazy tests that blacks needed to take to be able to vote in the south. This act also empowered the federal government to oversee elections and voting registration.
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Black Power Movement at its peak
The Black Power movement started to pick up heavily after the Black Panthers was created. The more blacks fought back against the whites the more violent the riots became. And many more people died during riots because of this. -
Black Panthers
A group of the Black Panthers, including one of the founders of the Black Panthers Bobby Seale, walked onto the steps of the state capitol in Sacramento, CA. Everyone in this group was armed with shotguns aimed to the sky. They was there to explain the Black Panther objectives. This event made the Black Panthers known to the world. -
Assassination of MLK Jr.
The famous Dr. MLK Jr. was assassinated at Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Martin was in Memphis to help with a sanitation workers’ strike. In his final hours Martin was standing on the second-flooded balcony of the Lorraine Motel talking to two local pastors when bullets came from acrossed to street. About a month later, Martin's assassin, James Earl Ray, was caught fleeing. James was given 99 years in prison.
