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Period: to
1950s
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Sweatt v. Painter 1950
Sweatt v painter was a supreme court case that successfully challenged the separate but equal doctrine of segregation. This permitted segregation of blacks and whites under plessy vs ferguson.
(Legislative/ supreme court case) -
Emmett Till's Murder: 1955
Emmitt Till was a 14 year old boy that was on vacation in Mississippi with his cousins. They went to a general store and was accused of offending a white woman and then her husband and brother in law kidnapped Emmett and brutally murdered him and his body was dumped in the Mississippi river.
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Montgomery Bus Boycott 1955
The Montgomery bus boycott was a civil rights protest where African Americans refused to ride city buses. It was to protest against segregated seating; it started December 5,1995 to December 20,1956.
(Protest, non-violence) -
civil rights act of 1957
This act was the first federal civil right legislation passed by the United states. This act established the civil rights of the justice department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain court injunctions to vote.
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Little Rock Nine Crisis 1959
Nine African American students were enrolled in Little rock central high school. The students were prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus, the governor of Arkansas.
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Period: to
1960s
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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
A non violent march protest used to draw attention to the exclusion of African Americans from positions in certain jobs such as the National Defense Industry They exclude them even when they really need their help.
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Heart of Atlanta motel, Inc v. United States
Heart of Atlanta Motel, a large 216 room motel, refused to accept African-American patrons staying in the motel. The court concluded that places of public accommodation has no "right" to select guests as they saw fit.
(Legislative/ Supreme court case) -
Mississippi Freedom Summer 1964
The 1964 Freedom Summer project was designed to draw the nations attention to the violence towards Mississippi blacks because they're doing things white people usually do on a daily basis but to white people because black people are "different" they think they don't have the same constitutional rights.
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James Meredith’s March Against Fear
James Meredith attempted to walk from Memphis, Tennessee to Jackson, Tennessee to promote black voter registration and racism. On the second day of the march James was shot but the march continued. During the three week march they struggled with death threats, arrests, tear gas soon James healed from the gunshot and rejoined the march.
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Assassination of Martin Luther King
At 6:05 pm on Thursday, 4 April 1968, James Earl Ray shot and killed Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee. James Earl Ray was sentenced with a 99- year prison term.
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Period: to
1970s
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Swann vs. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools 1971
This was a landmark case in the United States supreme court case dealing with the busing of students to promote integration in public schools. It upheld busing programs that sped up racial integrations in public schools in the United states.
( legislative/ supreme court cases , achievement) -
Shirley Chisolm’s Presidential Campaign
Shirly Chisholm was the first black candidate for the party nomination for president of the United states. And also became the first woman to run for the democratic party nomination.
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Northern Violence over School Integration
In 1971, research revealed that segregation in the North is way more widespread than in the South. The judge say they have to integrate and the white people don't like to hear that. So the white people protest violently and say threats. They say that "race mixing" is communism and that whites have rights too. They just want it to be about them.
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Hank Aaron’s Home Run Record
Hank Aaron has been best known for hitting more home runs than any other baseball player in history. Aaron's spoke out about racism and racism in the major league. He states he had to break racial barriers that were keeping him from living his career. Hes inspired people in the major league and black people in general because of his bravery and skills.
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University of California Regents vs. Bakke
This was a supreme court case which was about a university's admission criteria.
Which used race as an exclusive basis for an admission that violated the fourteenth amendment.
( legislative/ supreme court case)