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Murder of Emmet Till
14 year old boy murder for whistling at a white girl. 3 days later Roy Bryant and others kidnapped him cut his ear and eye off and was thrown to the water 3 days later found and And had a open casket so everyone can see what they did to him. -
Rosa Parks/bus boycott
Rosa is arrested for failing to move seats on the bus. She was fined $10. MLK JR and other send flyers to boycott the bus system. Dec, 5 the bus was empty for 381 days. Supreme Court ruled bus had to let black ride. -
Southern Christian leadership conference
A meeting of black church pastors to coordinate events for black people MLK was elected the 1st president. This group used a nonviolent strategy. This group also registered blacks to vote and provide better jobs -
Little Rock 9
9 students wanted to go to the white school. The governor of Arkansas all out the national guard to stop them. President Eisenhower calls in 1200 military men to escort these students from home to class, 1959 all students fully inter granted -
Brown v 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. -
Greensboro sit ins
Group of black teen go to Wordsworth to buy stuff then went to sit at a lunch counter and were refused service and asked to leave but they stayed and started walking inviting more blacks -
Freedom riders
Diverse group of volunteers from 39 states mostly college students arrived in Aniston, Alabama but were blocked by the kkk who then slashed their tires and firebombed the bus they were in -
March on Washington
250,000 people marched in Washington it was a peaceful protest for their freedom. MLK would give his “I have a dream” speech -
Civil rights
Enabled federal government to prevent racial discrimination and segregation based on race and religion or national origin in private business or facilities -
Malcolm x
Civil rights leader who was part of the Nation of Islam. He wanted blacks to be pround of their skin color and urged them to start business -
March from Selma To montogomery
Black protesters marched 56 miles to register to vote in Montgomery but were stopped at endmard where troops let loose on the protesters. -
Voting rights act of 1965
Enabling the right to vote of African Americans any discrimination in voting. Now a federal matter not state -
Assassination of MLK
Marring Luther king was shot deas while standing on a balcony outside his second floor room at the Lorraine motel in Memphis ténsese. News of kings assassination prompted major outbreak of racial violence, resulting in more then 40 death nation wide