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sweatt Vs. Painter
where public graduate and professional schools existed for white students but not for black students, black students must be admitted to the all-white institutions, and that the equal protection clause -
Northen Violence over school intergration
To desegregate public schools across the united states -
Emmett Till Murder
Emmett Till was murdered at 14 years old because he was flirting with four woman -
Little rock nine crisis
When nine African americans wanted to go to school the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas. -
Greensboro sit-in
Young African American students staged a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, and refused to leave after being denied service. -
Freedom Rides
To challenge segregation on interstate buses and bus terminals -
March on Washington for jobs and Freedom
To protest racial discrimination and to show support for major civil rights legislations that was pending in congress -
March from Selma to Montgoery
Wanted to march to ensure that African Americans could exercise their constitutional right to vote, even in the face of a segregationist system that wanted to make it impossible. -
James Meredith’s march against fear
intending to walk from Memphis, Tennessee to Jackson, Mississippi to call attention to racism and continued voter discrimination in the South. -
Swann vs. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously upheld busing programs that aimed to speed up the racial integration of public schools in the United States. -
Shirley Chisolm’s Presidential Campaign
announced her presidential bid -
Hank Aaron's home run record
Atlanta Braves star Hank Aaron hit his 715th career run off. the LA Dodgers pitcher Al Downing to break the revered record held by Babe Ruth -
Barbara Jordan’s Address at the Democratic National Convention
Texas Congresswoman Barbara Jordan delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention. -
Unviresty of california regents vs Bakke
That a university’s admission criteria which used race as a definte and exclussive basis for admission decision violated the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment