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24th Amendment
prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax. -
Brown vs. Board of Education (1954)
Segregation in public schools became illegal. Beginning of the civil rights movement Dec 9, 1952 – May 17, 1954 -
Emmett Till Murder
Emmett Till was murdered for flirting with a white woman. His body was found in the Tallahatchie River. The two men arrested were found not guilty. -
Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white person which lead to a boycott where no colored folks would purchase bus tickets. -
The Little Rock Nine and Integration
a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. -
Greensboro Woolworth's Sit-ins
A group went to the diner in Greensboro and did a sit-in until served as a form of protest against segregation. -
Freedom Rides
A group of civil rights activists took bus trips around and broke segregation laws -
MLK's Letter from birmingham jail
. King's letter, responded to several criticisms made by the "A Call for Unity" -
March on Washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, also known as simply the March on Washington or The Great March on Washington, was a big step into African American freedom -
Birmingham Baptist Church Bombing
The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was a white supremacist terrorist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, -
“Bloody Sunday”/Selma to Montgomery March
State troopers and county possemen attacked the unarmed marchers with billy clubs and tear gas after they passed over the county line, and the event became known as Bloody Sunday. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting -
Loving v. Virginia
a landmark civil rights decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that laws banning interracial marriage