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Plessy V. Ferguson
Was considered a "separate but equal" meaning different race and ethnicity but equal due to everyone looking the same. This court fight originated in Louisiana along with the separate car act. One of the most important court fights due to it leading for civil rights.http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/plessy-v-ferguson -
Brown V. Board
Was made after the Plessy V. Ferguson court fight. Brown V. Board was a court argument about how school's don't treat Blacks and Whites the same. This is important and a huge impact towards the African Americans because they were on their way to actual freedom.http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka -
Emmet Louis Till
Emmet Louise Till was murdered for flirting with a white woman in Mississippi. Two white men assassinated Emmet in a cruel way. This is important for African Americans because they became aware of more of the mistreatment of blacks and made them fight more. -
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycotts
Rosa Parks was arrested for sitting in the front of a Montgomery bus and refusing to move to the back after a white folk asked her to. The Montgomery Bus boycotts were boycotts where African Americans refused to ride the buses due to discrimination. This event was important because it was a step closer to a better future for African Americans. -
SCLC & MLK
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was a meeting held by Martin Luther King as well as a group. Martin Luther King believed that they should fight for their rights in a way God would want them to meaning doing christian religious things. This is important to the Civil Rights movement because it shows differences on how the African Americans fought for their rights.http://kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_southern_christian_leadership_conference_sclc/ -
Little Rock Nine & Central High School
Nine African American students enrolled at a all white school called Central High School in Arkansas. Eisenhower sent troops to escort those 9 students inside the school. This was important because African Americans were making progress. http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/central-high-school-integration -
Greensboro Sit-In
Originated from 4 college students at Woolworths in Greensboro, North Carolina. These students were asked to leave but they remained in their seats calm and that began the protests of Greensboro Sit-Ins. This is important because they were fighting for their rights and united more people together.http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/6-legacy/freedom-struggle-2.html -
Freedom Riders
Freedom Rides were bus trips passing through the south to protest segregation in other bus terminals. African American Freedom Riders tried to use everything that only whites could. This was an important event because it led them to be able to use more public things. -
March of Washington
200,000 Americans got together and marched for freedom and jobs. This march was then followed by the "I Have a Dream" speech given by Martin Luther King Jr. This was an important event because it shows that different races and ethnicity's were starting to reunite and respect each other.
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SNCC & Freedom Summer
SNCC and Freedom Summer was 1,000 African American and white Mississipian's who took abuse from white people. Cops and the Ku Klux Klan attacked them in very vicious manner leaving them in bad shape. This was important because it caught peoples attention made some people feel lament and see how mistreated they were being. http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/freedom-summer -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act ended segregation in public places they also banned discrimination by color, race, ethnicity, etc. The law was well respected especially in the south and led to equality of African Americans and The Voting Rights Act. This was important because it was a great achievement for African Americans. http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-act -
Assassination of Malcolm X
Malcolm X was shot to his own death by Islam members due to him leaving the Islamic religion. He was shot by giving a rally speech in New York City. This was an important event because he was one of the civil right movements important people. -
Voting Rights Act
President Lyndon Johnson was the one who signed off this act because he believed African Americans had the right to vote. He thought that no american should be kept from being able to vote. This is important because it gave African Americans the voice to say who they want as president etc. -
Assassination of MLK
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. He was a Baptist minister and founder and leader of many movements that fought for African American rights. This was important because he was a leader to many African Americans this most likely made them mad and led them to fight harder for freedom.
