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Brown v Board of Education was a supreme court decision that ruled segregation in school was unconstitutional, even if the schools were equal in quality.
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Founded by Robert B. Patterson, the White Citizens Council was a group of white supremacists formed to try to combat the progression of black's civil rights.
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After successfully ruling that school in America must be desegregated, Brown v Board of Education II ruled that schools must be integrated "with all deliberate speed".
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Emmett Louis Till was a 14-year-old African American who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, after being accused of offending a white woman in her family's grocery store.
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Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus to a white passenger. Though she was arrested, she sparked nationwide efforts to end racial segregation on public facilities.
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The Montgomery bus boycott was a protest against segregation on public fa cities, especially the public transport system. African-Americans refused to ride buses in hopes of desegregation. This protest lasted a year.
December 5th, 1955 - December 20th, 1956 -
The house of Martin Luther King was bombed by people who supported segregation(white supremacists) because of the success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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In late October 1966, Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale created the Black Panthers Formed because they believed there should be a force that protects blacks from police brutality.
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The KKK(Klu Klux Klan) in Alabama bombed the home of the civil rights leader Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth.
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The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is an African-American civil rights organization. The first president was Martin Luther King Jr.
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President Eisenhower sends in Federal Troops from the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock to restore peace and try to protect the black students attending the high school.
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was a group of student who were civil rights activists. They formed this group to support the Black progression of civil rights.
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The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in February to July 1960. The movement sparked other non-violent sit-ins in college towns all across the south.
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Freedom Riders were groups of white and African American civil rights activists who participated in Freedom Rides, bus trips through the American South in 1961 to protest segregated bus terminals
May 4, 1961 – Dec 10, 1961 -
A group of angry white segregationists attacked marshals outside churches and black own facilities who were protecting them from bombings and violence.
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The Albany Georgia “failure” was a movement that involved students demonstrating a sit-in in the cities bus terminal. Many of the students were arrested. The movement was a failure and ended with King in jail.
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Bailey v Patterson was a supreme court case that ruled no segregation of interstate or intrastate transportation facilities.
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Martin Luther King was arrested on April 16, 1963 for continuing his protests in Birmingham even though the courts and authorities ordered him not too.
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President Kennedy sends in Federal Troops to bases near Birmingham to retore order and peace during violent protests.
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The equal pay act was made on June 10, 1963. It states men and women must be payed the same if they are doing the same job
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Medgar Wiley Evers was an American civil rights activist in Mississippi. He was assassinated on June 12th, 1963 by white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith.
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The purpose of the march on Washington was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. At the march, Martin Luther King delivered his memorable “I Have a Dream” speech.
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The Birminingham Church bombing was an act of white supremacist terrorism which occurred at an African-American Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, on Sunday, September 15, 1963
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The 35th president John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald while traveling through Dallas, Texas
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The 24th Amendment prohibits any poll tax in elections for federal elections. Citizens can vote without paying money.
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Freedom summer was a 1964 voter registration movement aimed at increasing the number of registered black voters in Mississippi. Many of the volenteers were white and they hoped to end voter discrimination at polls.
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Three activists, Goodman, Chaney, and Schwerner were abducted and murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi in June 1964 during the Civil Rights Movement
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 law in the United States outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. It prohibits segregation in schools, work, and public places.
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Malcolm X, was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist. He was assassinated on February 21, 1965 by Thomas Hagan.
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Selma-to-Montgomery marchers fought for the right to carry out their protest and protested against the barriers that kept them from voting.
Mar 7, 1965 – Mar 21, 1965 -
In late October 1966, Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale formed the Black Panthers because they believed there should be a force that protects blacks from police brutality.
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Loving v Virginia was a supreme court case that challenged the laws that banned interracial marriage. The Supreme court ruled banning interracial marriage was unconstitutional.
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On July 21, 1967, there were many violent riots in the city of Minneapolis fighting for civil rights.
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The Detroit Riots were of confrontations between black residents and the Detroit Police Department.
Jul 23, 1967 – Jul 28, 1967 -
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Christian minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He was assassinated on April 4, 1968 by James Earl Ray.
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Robert “Bobby” Kennedy was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 64th United States Attorney General. He was assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan on June 6th, 1968
