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Brown V.s board of education topeka
Ruled that segregation of public schools was unconstitutional -
Emmit Till lynched
14 year old boy "whistled" at a white woman, four days later he was kidnapped and beaten and killed and body dumped in the Tall. river, mother demanded to display body so the world could see it -
Montgomery Bus boycott
Protest for equal rights, and the fact to not give up your seat for a white people, thousands of blacks walked to work and other places to get equal rights. -
Little Rock Nine
First African American's to desegregate, Central high school in Arkansas there were 9 male and females, that participated in this event. This was for the board of education Vs brown to desegregate public schools. -
GreensBoro Sit-in Movement
North Carolina, non violent protester's sit-ins, eventually Woolworth department store's let loose of there segregation. -
Freedom riders
From Washington D.C to the deep south, they wanted to go against being segregated on buses and on rail road stations. -
James Mereidith enrolls at University of Mississippi
He was a Civil rights avocate & became renown when he was the first black student to enroll in the University of Mississippi, riots soon broke out ..2 dead, hundreds of people are hurt. -
Letter from birmingham
Martin Luther King Jr. letter stating why nonviolent tactic's works against racism. -
University of Alabama Desegregated
Governor George Wallace, let two African American go into the college for the first time -
Medgar Evers Assinated
A klan's man killed this civil rights leader, he got tried two times and ended up in with life in prison, 7 years after he killed him he died in prison at 80. -
March on Washington
Huge march for black's equality,in jobs,daily living, racial discrimination and political demonstration. -
Birmingham church boming
Bombing took place before church started, in a African American church, This bombing killed 4 little girls, this helped out the civil rights movement by moving it forward -
24th Amendment
All citizen's of the United States, got the right to vote with out paying a poll tax. -
Freedom summer Project
Voter registration project, volunteer project that tried to expand and to get a as many African American to register to vote -
Civil Rights act of 1964
This act banned segregation in all public places, and at jobs -
Martin Luther king wins Nobel peace prize
Won the Nobel Peace prize for his non-violent ways against racism. -
March on Selma
Thousands of African American marched to stop the discrimination when it came to them voting, such as rules and regulations to stop them from voting, -
Voting rights of 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson sign this to help African American's with voting with state and local governments and rules -
Watts riots
The Watts riots took place for 6 days, enraged African Americans destroyed millions of property over a African American guy that had got pulled over for reckless driving, result him getting beat -
Thurgood Marshall Named Supreme Court of Justice
He was the first African american Supreme Court Of justice, votes were 69-11, he won almost all of his cases. -
Ruby Bridges attends school in New Orleans
She was the first African American child to desegregate an all white school in Louisiana. -
Martin Luther King assassinated
James Earl Ray, killed Martin Luther King with a gun at a Motel.. Martin was then rushed to a hospital and later died at 7:05 pm
