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Plessy v. Ferguson
A Supreme Court case that was about the problems with the “separate but equal” which kept segregation at large -
Mendez vs. Westminster
this case was about there being racial segregation in orang county schools -
Brown vs. Board of Education
the case was about the legal segragation in schools in the south -
Emmett Till murdered
The gruesome murder of Emmett till caused by careless flirting to a cashier while he was visiting realitives -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
when roses refuses to gave up her sit because she was tired -
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a period of time that the Afrian Americans went on strikc and didnt ride the bus making them lose money -
Little Rock 9
the first nine African American students to be enrolled in to Little Rock high school -
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Greensboro Sit -Ins
a stream of sit -ins around the south -
Freedom Riders
a group ofAfrican-American and white civil rights activists did a series of bus trips through the South to protest segregation in the bus systems . -
Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream Speech”
this was the day that the most impactful and most used civil rights speecg was given -
March on Washington
the march was one of the largest political rallies for human rights during that time -
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
the fateful day that killed 4 girls that were in the bathroom when the bomb went off -
24th Amendment
the 24 amendment made it illegal to change poll taxes during the election -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
this act banned segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination -
“Bloody Sunday”- March from Selma, AL to Montgomery, AL (1965)
protesters wanting to march from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery but they meet violent by state and local authorities. As the world watched, -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
A law that was sighed in to become barriers between state and local government chose on letting African -american have the right to vote under the 15 amendment -
Executive Order 11246
the order requirements for non-discriminatory practices in hiring and employment on the part of U.S. government -
Black Panther Party
The black panther party was stated in 1966 & Ceased in 1982 -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
The day M.L.K was assassinated in Memphis, TN -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
this act made it posibel to give equal housing opportunities regardles of race and etc
