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Plessy v Ferguson
The Supreme Court ruled that the "seperate but equal" law was constitutional. This is important because it upheld segregation. -
NAACP
The NAACP is a civil rights organization against prejudice, lynching, and Jim Crow segregation, and to work for the betterment of "people of color." -
Brown v Board
The supreme court ruled that seperate public schools for balck and white people unconstitutional. This is important because it ened segregation in schools. -
Emmet Till Murder
14 year old Emmet Till was murdered by white men for flirting with a white cashier in a grocery store. This shed light on the atrocities happening in the south. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This was a mass protest by African American citizens in the city of Montgomery, Alabama, against Segregation policies on the city's public buses. This is important becuase it ended segregation on buses. This ended on December 20th, 1956 -
Crisis in Little Rock
The African American students at first were prevented from entering the racially segregated school by the Governor of Arkansas. They then attended after the intervention of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. This is important because inforcment of the desegregation law was finally being enforced. -
Freedom Riders
A group of northern idealists active in the civil rights movement, who included both blacks and whites, rode buses into the South in order to challenge racial segregation. They were regularly attacked by mobs of angry whites and weren't helped by officers immidately. This is important becaus eis showed how terrible the racisim had gotten in the South. -
Intergration of Ole Miss
Riots erupted on the campus of Ole Miss of the University of Mississippi because of the enrollment of James Meredith, a black Air Force verteran. -
Civil Rights Act
A legislation in the United States that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. It's important because it was a major moment in the civil rights movement. -
Civil Rights Act of 1986
It prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin and sex. This is important because it further pushed equality for all.
