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Plessy v. Ferguson
supreme court ruling that made segregation "separate but equal" -
Tuskegee Airmen
African-American pilots who fought in WW2 -
Integration of Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball was integrated. -
Armed forces integrated
armed forces were integrated. -
Sweatt v. Painter
supreme court ruled that UT was not seperate but equal so UT was integrated -
Brown v. Board of Education
supreme court ruled that schools were to be integrated -
Emmitt Till
Emmitt Till was beaten to death by white men because a white woman had accused him of "whistling" at her. she later admitted he had not done that. Emmitt never got his justice. Our justice system failed Emmitt and his family. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks refused to get up for a white person on the bus and she was jailed. thi sparked the boycott -
Little Rock High
9 African american students were escorted to school by troops becaue the governor wouldnt allow them to go -
Civil rights act 1957
Everyone could vote -
Lunch counter sit ins
African American and white supporters sat at a whites only lunch counter as a protest -
Freedom riders
People rode on busses to protest segregation -
24 amendment
No more segregation -
Integration of UM
UM was integrated lots of fights broke out on this day as retaliation against this -
Integration of UA
University of Alabama was integrated -
Milk I have a dream speach
250,000 people watched mlk give his speach -
JFK assassinated
JFK assassinated in Dallas tx -
Civil rights act 1964
Equal treatment in workplaces -
Malcolm X assassinated
Malcolm X was assassinated -
Bloody sunday
Selma to Montgomery march -
Voting rights act 1965
No more literacy test -
MLK assassinated
Milk was shot in Memphis Tennessee -
Voting rights act 1968
No more poll tax