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Brown V. Board Of Education
This was a court ruling that talked about schools being segregated and how it should've been chnaged -
Emmett Till Is Murdered
After Till cat-called a woman her husband and brother-in-law kidnap Till then beat and shoot him. Then they throw his body into the Tallahatchie River -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The montgomery bus boycott was a boycott that started after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white male on the bus and got sent to jail for it -
Central High School (Little Rock 9)
The little rock nine are the first group of African American students to integrate into an all white high-school. -
Freedom Rides
The "Freedom Riders" ride through the south and challenge segregation on multiple buses and bus stations -
The Children's Crusade
Many kids skip school to protest segregation in the streets of Alabama. They were later hosed down by fire hoses. -
March On Washington
The "March On Washington" was a march of over 200,000 people that wanted to end segregation so African Americans could have a chance at jobs -
Baptist Church Bombing
Four black girls are killed at church after a bomb explodes in Alabama -
Freedom Summer
Volunteers of Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) are murdered and upset the African Americans of Mississippi -
Bloody Sunday
Police use violence to disperse peaceful protesters that were trying to raise support for voting rights -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This key civil rights law bans the discrimination between black and white people.
