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Brown v. Board of Education
-Supreme Court outlaws school segregation in Brown v. Board of Education
-The court case that allowed separte but equal facilities was Plessy v Ferguson
-Oliver Brown, in Topeka, Kansas, was not allowed to take his son to a white school
-The court declared separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional -
Rev. George Lee Killed
He lead a voter-registration drive in Beizoni, Mississippi -
Lamar Smith Murdered
for organizing black voters in Brookaven, Mississippi -
Emmett Louis TIll Murdered
for speaking to a white woman in Money, Mississippi -
John Earl Reese Slain
slain by nightriders opposed to school improvements -
Rosa Parks Arrested
-She was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama
-It was followed by a year long bus boycott -
Bus Boycott Begins
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Court bans Segregated Bus Seating
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Willie Edwards Jr Killed
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First Civil Rights Act
-Dwight D. Eisenhower passed this law
-It aimed to ensure that African Americans could exercise their right to vote -
Events of Little Rock, Arkansas
-Governor Orval Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling at Central High School. Central High was an all white school.
-Martin Luther King sent a telegram to Eisenhower telling him to set the law and aroder in Arkansas back in line. He had federal troops protect the nine black children all year -
Mack Charles Parker
Taken from jail and lynched in Poplarville, Mississippi -
Attack of The Freedom Riders
-It was a series of political protests against segregation by blacks and white who rode buses together
-Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) were organizations that helped
-It was both black and white -
Herbert Lee
Voter registration worker killed by white legislator in Liberty Mississippi -
Registration Drive
Civil rights groups join forces to launch voter registration drive -
CPL. Roman Ducksworth Jr.
Taken from a bus and killed by police in Taylorsville, Mississippi -
Paul Guinard
French reporter killed during Ole Miss riot in Oxford, Mississippi -
James Meredith Enrolls at Ole Miss
-Riots erupted when James Meredith enrolled
-The supreme court ruled in favor of Meredith attended classes at Ole Miss. The governor did not agree -
William Lewis Moore
Slain during one-man march against segregation in Attalia, Alabama -
Marching Children
Birmingham police attack marching children with dogs and fire hoses -
George Wallace
Alabama governor George Wallace stands in schoolhouse door to stop university integration -
Medgar Evers Assasinated
-He was an African American civil rights activist from Mississippi involved in efforts to overturn segregation
-He was a field secretary for NAACP. Byron De La Beckwith murdered him in his own driveway. He was taken to the hospital but denied access because of his race. -
The March On Washington
-It was an attempt to pressure the government into establishing protections against discrimination
-Martin Luther King's famous speech, I Have A Dream was delivered -
Schoolgirls killed
Addie Mae Collins, Denise Mcnair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley were schoolgirls killed in bombing of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Alabama -
Virgil Lamar Ware
Virgil Lamar Ware was a youth killed during a wave of racist violence in Birmingham, Alabama -
Poll Tax Outlawed
Poll taxed outlawed in federal elections -
Louis Allen
Witness to murder of civil rights worker assasinated in Liberty, Mississippi -
Rev. Bruce Klunder Killed
Killed protesting construction of segregated school in Cleveland, Ohio -
Killed by Klansmen
Henry Hezekiah and Charles Eddie Moore killed by Klansmen in Meadville, Mississippi -
Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer brings 1,000 young civil rights volunteers to Mississippi -
Civil Rights Workers Slain
James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner were civil rights workers abducted and slain by Klansmen in Philadelphia, Mississippi -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
-President Lyndon Johnson passed this law
-It ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin -
Lieutenant Killed
Lt. Col. Lemuel Penn killed by Klansmen while driving north in Colbert, Georgia -
Civil Rights Marcher Killed
Jimmie Lee Jackson was a civil rights marcher killed by state trooper in Marion, Alabama -
March to Selma
-It was organized because Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference led a series of demonstrations to the Dallas County Courthouse. Jimmy Lee Jackson was fatally shot by an Alabama state trooper
-Beaten and shocked by billy clubs and cattle prods, trampled by horses, and choked by clouds of tear gas
- helped raise awareness of the difficulty faced by black voters in the South, and the need for a Voting Rights Act, passed later that year. -
Volunteer Beaten
The Rev. James Reeb was a marrch volunteer beaten to death in Selma, Alabama -
Voting Rights March
Thousands complete the Selma to Montgomery voting rights march -
Killed On Selma Highway
Viola Gregg Liuzzo killed by Klansman while transporting marchers on Selma Highway, Alabama -
Oneal Moore
Oneal Moore was a black deputy killed by nightriders in Varnado, Louisiana -
Voting Rights Act
Congress passes Voting Rights Act of 1965 -
Willie Brewster
Willie Brewster was killed by nightriders in Anniston Alabama -
Jonathan Daniels
Jonathan Daniels was a seminary student killed by a deputy in Haynesville, Alabama -
Samuel Younge Jr
Samuel Younge Jr. was a student civil rights activist killed in disputee in Tuskegee, Alabama -
Vernon Dahmer
Vernon Dahmer was a black community leader killed in Klan bombing in Hattiesberg, Mississippi -
Ben Chester White
Ben Chester White was killed by Klansmen in Natchez, Mississippi -
Clarence Triggs
Clarence Triggs was slain by nightriders in Bogalusa, Louisiana -
Wharlest Jackson
Wharlest Jackson was a civil rights leader killed after promotions to 'white' job in Natchez, Mississippi -
Benjamin Brown
Benjamin Brown was a civil rights worker killed when police fired on protesters in Jackson, Mississippi -
Thurgood Marshall First Black Surpreme Court Justice
-Before becoming a judge, he was a lawyer but did not take his studies seriously
-It was monumental because an African American was at the head of the government -
Students Killed
Samuel Hammond Jr, Delano Middleton, and Henry Smith were students killed when highway partolmen fire on protesters in Orangeburg, South Carolina -
The Assasination of Dr Martin Luther King
-Martin Luther King was shot dead while standing on a balcony outside his second-floor room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee
-His death influenced people to keep his dream going
