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Plessy v. Ferguson
Upheld state-imposed Jim Crows laws.
It attempted to interfere with the personal liberty and freedom of movement of both African Americans and whites on the arbitrary bias of race. -
The Tuskegee Airman
The first African American soldiers to successfully complete their training and enter the Army air crops; untimely set an example for African American and he civil rights movement. -
Integration of Major League Baseball
Signaled the end of segregation in Major League Baseball. -
Integration of the Armed Forces
Mandated the desegregation of the U.S military -
Sweatt v. Painter
Help pave the way for African Americans admission to formerly segregated colleges and universities across the nation, and led to the overturn of segregation by law in all public education in landmark case brown v. board of education. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the bias was unconstitutional. -
Death of Emmitt Till
Galvanized a generation of young African Americans to join the civil rights movement out of the fear that such a incident can happen to family and friends. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Her courageous act invigorated the struggle for racial equality, encouraging 17,000 black citizens to stand up for blacks and boycotted public transportation. -
Integration of Little Rock High School
Governor Orval Faubus mobilized the Arkansas national guard to prevent 9 African American students to enter the Little Rock High School.
Helped African Americans to enroll in good schools. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
It established the civil rights section of the Justice Department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain Court injunctions against interference with the right vote -
Greensboro Four Lunch Counter Sit-in
Because they set in a non African American spot in restaurant. provided a template for nonviolent resistance and marked an early success to civil rights movement -
Freedom Rides by Freedom Riders of 1961
challenged the segregation on public buses -
Twenty-Fourth Amendment
It prohibited stated from requiring payments of a poll tax as a condition for voting in federal elections. -
Integration of the University of Mississippi
Federal appeals court ordered the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith , an African American student. -
Integration of the University of Alabama
a federal district court in Alabama ordered the University of Alabama to admit African American students Vivien Malone and James hood during its summer session -
March on Washington & "I Have a Dream" Speech by MLK
It influenced the Federal government to take more direct actions to more fully realize racial equality. -
Assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas
His death traumatized the nation leading the congress to make constitutional change. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964 signed by President Johnson
The act prohibited discrimination in public places, provided for integration of schools and other public facility and made employment discrimination illegal. -
Assassination of Malcolm X
Inspired African Americans to take complete control of their communities, livelihoods, and cultures. -
Selma to Montgomery March ; "bloody Sunday"
Caused the Federal government to take action. Ensuring African Americans could exercise their constitutional right to vote; ultimately causing congress to pass the voting rights act of 1965. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Provided for direct federal intervention to enable African Americans to register and vote. Banning all tactics long designed to keep them from voting. -
Assassination of MLK in Memphis, Tennesse
Energized the Black Power Movement -
Voting Rights Act of 1968
prohibited discrimination concerning sale,rental, and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin, sex, handicap and family status