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Brown VS board of education
*It was supreme court case to end segregation- 9-0 decision or unamious, for equal protection under the 14 amendment.
- After decision violence and riots broke out, with some schools closing.
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Emmet till
14 year old from Chicago, visiting family. Accused of whistling at a white woman.
Roy Bryan and JW Milan kidnap, because, shot, killed and the threw emmets body in the river
Bothe men stood trial and found our not guilty.
Spark to start the civil rights movement. -
Rosa parks and bus boycott-Alabama
Rosa parks refused to move sits and was arrested.
Bus boycott begins and last 381days
1st large scale demonstrations- nonviolent in the United States.
Very successful because 75% of all riders are black. -
Southern Christian leadership conference
Started after the bus boycott to organize protest. Martin Luther king was elected president.
Organized protest around the south to coordinate events,
Such as Greensboro sitins, march on Washington and Selma. -
Little Rock 9 Arkansas
Testing brown v board of education decision.
9 students were vetted to undergo this test.
Airborn 101 escorted students to class.
Following year all public schools closed (1958)
08/29/1959-schools reopened. -
Greensboro 4
4 college students sat down at lunch counter at Woolworths
To be served
They were refused service. Continue to sit-in and others joined the protest spread to other towns.
Forced change. -
Students nonviolent coordinating committee and freedom summer
Youth group of students reminded fiercely independent of MLK and SCLC generating their own projects and strategies.
Two organizations worked side by side throughout the early years of the civil rights movement.
This group was the second half of the freedom riders and were part of the March to Selma. -
Freedom riders
2 weeks busy trips to the Deep South, to deliberate violate Jim crown laws.
It was organized by CORE.
The buses were burned and riders were beaten by the KKK. Noviembre 1, 1961 white and colored signs are removed from bus stations, train stations and counters. -
March on Washington
Jobs and freedom was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans.
250,000 people were attendance at the Lincoln memorial.
Martin Luther king was the last to speak and give his “I have a dream speech”.
70-8% of marchers were black it helped pass the civil rights acts of 1964. -
Civil right
Can not be refused service.
Forbid employers and labor unions to discriminate against.
Any person on grounds of race, color, religion, sex, physical Dias or age in job related matters.
Prohibits discrimination against any person on grounds of race, color, religion, sex physical disability. -
March on Selma/Bloody Sunday
600 students March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to get the right to vote.
They walked 54 miles and were stopped at the bridge, seen on national television.
LBJ order the passage of 1965 voting rights law.
2nd March took pace March 21-24.
25,000 marchers including Martin Luther king -
Voting rights acts of 1965
One of the most comprehensive pieces of legislation in u.s
Blacks were registering to vote and being elected to public office.