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Plessy V. Ferguson
The case led a innocent man to be taken to the Supreme Court for buying a first class ticket and sitting in the train and was blamed for violating the 13 & 14 Amendment. -
Mendez v. Westminster
Her fathers case led Mexicans to be let into schools. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Brown V. Board Of Education was a case about a mom who wanted to send her daughter to a school close to her job but it was not desegregated yet. -
Emmit Till Murder
A Fourteen-year-old who was visiting his family allegedly whistled at a white woman and was beaten, shot , and threw into a river. -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
Rosa Parks had a long day at work and wanted to sit in her correct seat and a white man got on the bus and ordered her to move and she refused. -
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving her seat to a white man. -
Little Rock 9
The little rock 9 were 9 African American teenagers who wanted to go to a high school but it was not desegregated yet. -
The Greensboro Four
The The Greensboro Four had Sit-Ins at restaurants and other public places where blacks were not allowed and had peaceful protest and were not served. -
The Freedom Ride
The Freedom Rides were blacks who rode into the segregated south to protest and some were arrested for violating Jim Crow Laws. -
“Bloody Sunday”- March from Selma, AL to Montgomery, AL (1965)
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March on Washington
People gathered in Washington and marched about "Jobs and Freedom". -
Martin Luther King"I Have a Dream" speech
Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights leader and had a speech to deliver about how he hopes and wishes that one day men and women will realize all men are equal. -
24th Amendment
The 24th Amendment abolishes poll tax, which was a way to keep African Americans from voting in elections. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Makes it easier for blacks to vote -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing. -
Martin Luther King assassinated
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at 39.