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Core Founded
CORE was one of the earlier civil rights groups formed in the 40's, and organized several sit-ins that, as a nonviolent form of protest, succedded in integrating several public facilities and privately owned businesses. -
Brown v. Board of Education
This landmark case ruled segregation in puclic schools to be unconstitutional and basically undid Plessy v. Ferguson. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This boycott led to a yearlong fight that changed Alabama's segregation laws and sparked the beginning of the main Civil Rights movement. It was also MLKJ's intoduction into leadership in the movement. -
SCLC is formed by MLKJ
The SCLC was important because it was another organization, and a rather large one at that, that fought against segregation and pushed African American to register to vote. -
James Meredith admitted to University of Mississippi
James Meredith's admission to UM and the subsequent riots and show of national willing to protect civillian rights via military force from the National Government was the point of a marked change in relations between the movement and the government. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington is an important event in the history of the civil rights movement because it is both where MLKJ gave his "I have a dream" speech, and where the massive number of protestors, in my opinion, really showed congress the support that these protestors had. -
The 24th Amendment
The ending of poll taxes allowed many financially destitute Americans who couldn't afford to vote previously to take part in the democratic process. -
Selma March
The Selma March was an important landmark in the Civil Rights movement because the police beatings that occurred in full view of cameras on Bloody Sunday shocked the majority of the populace and congress, leading to a voting rights law. -
Voting Rights Act
This act ended the literacy tests that were barring many minorities from voting and established federal examiners who registered qualified voters, and led to a dramatic rise in African-American voters. -
MLKJ Is Assassinated
The death of MLKJ indicated the loss of a central, uniting pillar in the civil rights movement. Though the movement lived on, the influence it once had died as the group split into conflicting idealogies upon King's death.
