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Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education was a Supreme Court case about school segregation. Oliver brown and other parents sued Topeka, Kansas school board saying separate schools for black and white children was unfair. Then the Court ruled that segregation in schools was unconstitutional because it violated the 14th Amendment. This decision ended "separate but equal" and led to school desegregation in the U.S. -
Murder of Emmett Till
The murder of Emmett Till happened 1955 in Mississippi, Emmett was a 14 year old black boy who was from Chicago. He was falsely accused of whistling at a white woman. Carolyn Bryant. Her husband, Roy Bryant, and his half-brother, J.W. Milam, kidnapped, beat, and killed Till before dumping his body in a river. An all-white jury found them not guilty but they later admitted to the murder in a magazine interview. -
Southern Cristian Leadership Conference
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1957, led by Martin Luther King Jr. this was to fight segregation through nonviolent protest It was a key role in civil rights across the South, this included the Birmingham Campaign (Alabama), the March on Washington (D.C.), and the Selma marches (Alabama). Leaders like Ralph Abernathy and Ella Baker worked with churches and activists to help and transform Civil Rights Movement. -
Ruby Bridges
Ruby Bridges was a six year old African American girl who became the first to integrate into an all white school in 1960, in New Orleans, Louisiana. She attended William Frantz Elementary and faced racism she would be escorted by U.S Marshals into an empty room every day because they didn’t want her interacting with white kids. She still kept attending class and was supported by her teacher Barbara Henry who she says changed her life and is now her best friend. -
Rosa parks and Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her arrest shocked Montgomery and they decided to start a year long protest which was led by Martin Luther King Jr. In where African Americans refused to use the city’s buses. After 381 days, The Supreme Court agreed that segregation on public buses was unconstitutional. Later on it became a Civil Rights Movement, inspiring to end racial discrimination.