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Plessy Vs. Ferguson
Court case where the Supreme Court ruled that segregation laws did not violate the 14th amendment as long as they are equal . -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Various court cases that argued that segregated schools could never be equal.
Eventually the Supreme Court ruled that segregation would not take place in education. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks refused to give her seat up for a white man. She was later arrested but her courage sparked a movement throughout Civil Rights. There on African Americans refused to ride the buses unless they would be treated equal. This boycott lasted for about a year. -
Crisis in Little Rock
9 African Americans tried to enter a white school but the governor of Little Rock called on the guard to block them from entering. Many mobs of white people would yell insults at the students. Eventually the president sent troops to escort the students where they experienced harsh discrimination -
Children Birmingham Marches
Children as young as 6 volunteered to march in protest. There Bull Connor arrested thousands of children. -
Gathering at 16th StreetBaptist Church
Civil Rights leaders planned a march to The Baptist Church where Connor was waiting for them. He
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March on Washington
When a civil rights bill was taking long to pass through congress so a march to Washington was planned. There Martin Luther King Held his famous " I Had A Dream" speech. -
King's Assassination
In Memphis Tennessee Martin Luther King was shot by James Earl Ray