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Brown v. Board Of Education
This case study is a series of five civil rights cases in four different states. This series consists of Belton v. Gebhart (Delaware), Bolling v. Sharpe (District of Columbia), Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (Kansas), Briggs v. Elliot (South Carolina), and Davis v. County School Board (Virginia). -
Emmett Till Murder
Emmett Till was a fourteen year old teenage who was visiting his family in Money, Mississippi. He was lynched by two white men for whistling/talking to a white lady during his trip. -
Rosa Parks & The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks was a colored lady who normally rode the bus to work and back home every day. One day, she was told to give up her seat for a white lady. However, she states that she was tired of being told what to do just because of her race. She was arrested and it led to the boycott lasting for a whole year instead of only one day. -
Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine colored students who were accepted to an all-white university. People were outraged that they were accepted. The National Guard and other troops were sent to only admit white students into the university. In the next few days, a mob had gathered outside the university. The Little Rock Nine were abused and harrassed for being at the university. -
Greensboro Woolworth's Sit-ins
Woolworth's was originally a segregated restaurant until four black men sat at the counter waiting to be served. They were yelled at and harrassed. It was said that other white people did not go to the restaurant while the men were there. The boycott spread throughout the US, giving blacks a chance to fight against segregation. This led to establishments to change their regulations against blacks. Now, Woolworth's is a museum and International Civil Rights Center. -
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Freedom Rides
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode buses into the segregated Southern United States. They held up signs that helped to prevent segregation in the United States completely. -
March On Washington
The March on Washington was a massive protest when about 250,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The event aimed to raise awareness about the issues of segregation and to establish integration with African Americans. It is also the occasion of Martin Luther King Jr's speech, "I Have A Dream." -
Birmingham Baptist Church Bombing
A bomb exploded before the Sunday masses on one September evening. Four little girls were killed and many were injured. The church was predominantly a church for African Americans and was a meeting place for civil rights leaders. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the act that outlawed all discrimination against a different race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. This act required equal access to public areas and employment, enforced desegregation of schools, and the right to vote for all American citizens. -
Bloody Sunday
The Bloody Sunday, also known as the Selma March, is when about 25,000 people attempted to march 50 miles. They were stopped twice, one time violently by police forces. Together, this was a monumental time of the civil rights and led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed discriminatory voting practices adopted in southern states such as South Carolina, Virginia, etc. This act was meant to help mainly African Americans, but ended up helping all races. -
Loving v. Virginia Case
The Loving v. Virginia Case was a Case that changed the Constitution in the aspect of interracial marriage. Richard and Mildred Loving had gotten married in Washington, D.C., where it was legal for different races to wed. When they moved back to their hometown, they were arrested and went to court. The ruling was that interracial marriage is legal.