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Plessy V Ferguson
This court case upheld the ruling that racial segregation in public schools was acceptable. -
Brown V Board of Education
The supreme court ruled that separate public schools for black and white children is unconstitutional. -
Emmet Till
Emmet was lynched by Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam for allegedly flirting with Bryant's wife inside their food store. -
Rosa Parks
She was an activist in the civil rights movement, deemed the first lady of civil rights. She is famous for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This was a boycott of the Municipal Bus Company in Alabama by African Americans. -
Little Rock Nine
Nine African American students were chosen to attend a previously all white Little Rock High School. -
Freedom Riders
The Freedom Riders were Civil Rights activists who rode interstate busses into segregated areas of the southern United States. -
Assassination of Medgar Evers
Medgar was murdered by a member of the White Citizens Council. The Council was formed in 1954 to resist the integration of schools and civil rights activism. -
I Have a Dream Speech
Martin Luther King Jr. made his famous "I Have a Dream Speech" at the Lincoln Memorial. -
Assassination of Malcolm X
Malcolm X was assassinated by three gunman who were members of the Nation of Islam.
