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Brown v. Board of Education
Video On May 17, 1954 Supreme Court said that "separate but equal," is not unconstitutional, thus schools were force to intergrate. More privated schools stared to open and the Sibely Commission Note that Georgian rather canael school than to intergrate. -
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History
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
videoThe Montgomery Bus Boycott stared when Rose Park refuse her seat for a white man at December 1, 1955. This was spread and the blacks stared to boycott againsts the bus indstruies. The minority communitys would walk, or carpool with someone instead of going on the bus . The bus indstruies started to go down, and this lasted until December 20, 1965. Surpeme Court ruled that separating public transportation was unconstitutional. -
Formation of SCLC
In the year 1957, the SCLC was mad in order for communitys to come togrther and to protest aganists the South, and it was under leadership of Martin Luther King, -
Freedom Riders
The Freedom rider were people that try to intergrate facilities at bus terminals. Many blacks and whites participated in this protest events. -
Albany Movement
video In 1961, the Albany movement happen, and its goals wer to "desegregation of an entire community." In the result more than 500 African Americans were jailed, and they failed to achieve their goals. -
Charlayne Hunter & Hamilton Holmes
In 1961 Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes were the first African Americans to intergrate schools. This was big because forever UGA have been segregated from blacks, so it new thing to people that they wouldnn't like. Today both of them are doing well in life. -
March on Washington
video On August 28 more than 20,000 people joined Dr. martin Luther king to march to Washinggton D.C. In ths "I have a dream," speech, MLK talks about jobs for African American. The outcome is that more white people joined MLK beliefs. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
video In 1964 President Lyndon Johnson pushed at the Civil Rights Act. All facilities were to be intergrated. This cause problems because the majority community did not want to intergrate. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
video The Voting Right Act of 1965 granted one million African Americans to vote, and Lyndon Johnson was the President to do that. Its important because for so long African American were able to, but things stop them from voting, but now they can vote. -
Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King
video On April 4 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated at Memphis TN. Despite has death MLK did a lot of good things to the civil rights movements. Like the march on Washington or getting the African Americans th Voting Right Act of 1965.
