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Plessy vs Ferguson
Court case that ruled that segregation laws are cositutional. -
Founding of NAACP
Founding of an Organization made to advance African-American opportunities. Created by W.E.B DuBois and Jane Addams. -
Jackie Robinson Integrates Baseball
Jackie Robinson broke one of many color barriers by playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the MLB. This paved the way for other colored athletes. -
Military Integration
Pro-integration president Harry S. Truman integrated all units of the armed forces. -
Brown v Board of Education
Supreme Court case that challenged segregation in schools and outlawed it. -
Murder of Emmett Till
The murder of a young colored boy in the south by two white men that were later acquitted. He was murdered for flirting with a white store clerk -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
Boycott started by MLK after Rosa Parks was arrested. Led to integration of bus stations and buses. -
Little Rock Nine
National Guard called to protect nine colored students from mobs in Little Rock, Arkansas -
Greensboro sit-in
Four African-American students sat down at a whites only lunch counter -
Freedom rides
Thirteen people set out on a trip to the Deep South. Integrated many bus stations before being attacked. -
Birmingham Children's March
From May 2 to May 5 a peaceful march was carried out. It was threatened at the end by police brutality. -
March on Washington
March on the nation's capital to bring attention to the new civil rights bill. Famous for the "I Have aDream" speech dictated by Martin Luther King jr. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Passed by president Lyndon B. Johnson banned discrimination in employment and public facilities. -
Malcolm X Assassination
The civil rights and muslim leader was murdered by three black muslims. -
Selma March
Hundreds of marchers set out from Selma to Montgomery, but they were brutally beaten. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
It banned literally tests and other barriers to African-American voting. -
Watts Riot
Angry at police brutality, residents of the watts community burned cars and looted stores. 1000 people were killed or injured.
