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Brown v. Board of Education is decided
Established seperate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. -
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Civil Rights Movement
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Bus Boycott in Montgomery, Alabama
Sparked by Rosa Parks. A social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transportation system in Montgomery, Alabama -
Integration of Little Rock Central
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James Meredith wins the right to attend Ole Miss
James Meredith was allowed to go to Ole Miss after he was barred from the campus 10 days earlier -
Sit in at Woolworths in Mississippi takes place
When black college students tried sitting at the counter of a resteraunt to get food. When they sat down, all of the white people started to get mad and a riot broke out. -
JFK forces University of Alabama to desegregate
On this day the Alabama stood in front of the school protesting integration. JFK forced integration that day. -
Medgar Evans is assassanated
A 37 year old african american man named Medgar Evans was shot dead in his driveway for being a civil rights activist. -
"I Have a Dream" Speach
Martin Luther King Jr gave a speach on civil rights in which he said to end racism in America. -
Freedom Summer Project begins
Was a voter registration drive, organized in Mississippi during the 1964 summer. -
Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, & James Chaney are reported missing
These 3 men turned up missing in Mississippi on this day. They were later found dead do to gunshots from close range. -
Malcom X is assassanated
An african american nationalist was assassanated by a rival black muslim group for proposing an Organization of African American Unity. -
De Facto and De Jure
Were laws enforced by Jim Crow that prohibited public discrimination in schools, resteraunts, and bank lending. -
Voting Rights Act is passed
Prohibits discrimanation in voting. -
Black Panther Party emerges
A group of black people that joined together to help defend themselves and to promote Black Power -
Kerner Commission established
11 member commission hired to investigate the 1967 riots. -
Dr King is assassanated
Martin Luther King Jr was assassanated at the Lorraine Motel for being a civil rights leader.
