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Brown vs The Board of Education
When Brown won in the case against the board of education to desegregate school. -
Rosa Parks and the bus Boycott
Rosa Parks refused to give up he seat to a white man. She was arrested and this started the buss boycott in Alabama. -
The Little Rock Nine
This is when the first 9 black Americans went to an all white school and got harassed. -
The Greensboro Four
4 black freshman sat down in a whites only lunch counter and were refused to have their order taken. -
Ruby Bridges and the New Orleans School Integration
When Ruby Bridges went into school with 4 armed federal marshals and there were angry mobs throwing things at her. -
Freedom Rides
When 7 black and 6 white men went to court to try to get desegregated public bathroom so all races can go in. -
Birmingham Demonstrations
When Martin Luther King Jr. set a protest for black rights there were economic boycotts. -
March on Washington
A crowd of about 250,000 protested in Washington DC -
Martin Luther King won Nobel Piece Prize
This is very important because he won a big award. -
Civil Rights Act
This act gave federal government the right to prevent racial discrimination in employment. -
Assassination of Malcolm X
Malcolm X was murdered during a lector in Audubon Ballroom in Harlem New York -
Selma-Montgomery March
MLK tried to set up an arrangement for African Americans to have more rights and the troopers came back with tear gas. -
Watts Riot
This is when riots broke lose after a white officer used aggressive violence towards a black man. -
Black Panther Party Found
Huey P Newton and Bobby Seale founded his to protect black neighborhoods from police brutality -
Loving v Virginia
Interracial marriage was considered unconstitutional in Virginia. -
Detroit Riot
Riots in Detroit after white police officers raided a black neighborhood and a bar and arrested 82 black people. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
MLK was killed by a sniper when staying in a hotel. His murder set off riots all across America.