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Discrimination Started
African Americans faced discrimination and prejudice in the US -
School Segregation
21 states in the US had segregated schools -
Legal segregation is ended
The supreme Court announced that segregation in schools is unconstitutional -
Rosa Parks Arrest
Rosa Parks was arrested for declining her seat on a bus to a white man -
Crisis in Little Rock
9 African American students tried many times to get into a white school with no success -
Malcom X
He was the Nation of Islams most effective leader -
Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit In
Taking place from Febuarary 1st- July 25th, Woolworths lost 1/3 of its business -
Church Bombing
KKK bombed a church that killed 4 girls getting ready for choir practice -
Literacy Tests
Literacy Tests had to be administered before you could vote. Since most African Americans were uneducated, most of them failed the tests -
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Murder
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed by James Earl Ray in Memphis
