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Brown vs Board of Education
Oliver brown was the father of Linda brown, including the WAACP lawyer. This took place in Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, District of Columbia. -
Murder of Emmett Till
This murder happened when Emmett went to the grocery store and he whistled to a white women and she lied about what happened. They were convicted innocent. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
MLK 60 black ministers civil rights leader. SCLC was an organization linked to the black churches. Regarded churches as pivotal organizing spaces for civil rights activism. -
Little Rock 9
Little Rock, Arkansas 9 colored students went to high school with whites and got mistreated. -
Greensboro Sit ins
College students-states with 4 in Greensboro, North Carolina. Wool worths lunch counter- could buy items but not serve food. -
Ruby Bridges
Ruby Ridges in New Orleans, Louisiana. One of 6 black children to pass a hard test to go to a white school. She was escorted by federal marshals, to be the only student taught by 1 teacher. -
Freedom Riders
436 individuals on 60 separate rides groups CORE, SNCC, NAACP, Nashville student-movement in the southern states. -
March on Washington
250,000 peaceful and respectful protest for jobs and freedom Martin Luther king argue his I Have a Dream Speech. -
Civil Rights Act 1964
MLK LBJ in Washington DC. Enabled the federal government to prevent racial discrimination and segregation based on race, color, religion, national origin in private businesses and public facilities. -
Assassination of Malcom X
Thomas Hagan was involved. In New York, NY Audubon Ballroom. -
Selma to Montgomery Marches
SCLC- Jon Lewis in Selma, Alabama. -
Voting Rights Act
LB Johnson in Washington, D.C. banned literacy test poll tax voting is a federal matter not a state matter. -
Martín Luther King JR
James earl ray in Memphis Tennessee