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Browm vs Board of Education
Ending racial segregation in schools. -
Murder of Emmett Till
Lynching events were popular and a black teenage boy was murdered. -
Rosa Parks and Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks a woman who refused to give her seat on the bus to a white man -
Martin Luther-King and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Martin Luther-King a civil rights activist who helped speak out along with Rosa Parks. -
Civil rights Act
Black people are given the right to vote however if they are seen voting they would be killed. -
Little Rock Nine
9 black girls entered into a all white school where they were abused and racially segregated -
Greensborough Sit-In
A group of Black teenages sat in racially segregated dinner and refused to leave when denied service. -
James Meredith, University of Mississippi
University in memory of a black man opens -
March on Washington
100's of thousands of people march on Washington demanding equality. -
Birmingham Riots
Peaceful protests in Alabama where police acted harshly with attack dogs and pressurized water. -
Mississippi Civil Rights Workers' Murders
3 men were murdered by KKK members after supporting civil rights -
Civil Rights Acts
JFK passed an act giving equal rights to all people, however he was later assassinated.