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Plessy vs. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537, was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality, a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal". -
Integration of the armed forces
During World War II, African Americans in southern states remained subject to the Jim Crow laws. The American military was racially segregated, as was much of the federal government. On July 26, 1948, President Harry Truman signed Executive Order 9981, creating the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services. The order mandated the desegregation of the U.S. military. -
Brown vs. Board of education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483, was a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality.
- Proved that separate was not actually equal and over turned Plessy vs. Ferguson.
-Said that all schools must integrate
- Unanimous decision that "separate but equal was inherently unequal." -
Montgomery Buy Boycott
Start of the civil rights movement
Rosa Parks was sitting at the front of the bus in the white section. When asked to move she refused and was arrested.
Martin Luther King was the leader of the Boycott
In response, The supreme court outlawed bus segregation. The Montgomery bus boycott was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. It was a foundational event in the civil rights movement in the U.S. -
March on Washington/ "I have a dream" speech
250,000 people gathered at the Lincoln memorial as Martin Luther King gave his famous speech. They demanded for civil rights. The civil rights act of 1964 was passed because of this and the Birmingham incident.