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Sweatt vs Painter
In states where there was segregation for schooling, African Americans could be admitted to any school that had white people too. -
Emmett Till's Murder
He was a 13-year-old boy who was kidnapped and murdered after being accused of offending a white woman at her family's grocery store. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A political and Social protest campaign against the policy of segregation for transportation. -
Little Rock Nine Crisis
9 African American students were escorted to class by the national guard because they were going to a white school. Teachers and students were throwing things at them and calling them racial slurs. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1957
It established the Civil Rights section of the judicial department. Got an investigation on the Civil rights to investigate violations. -
Greensboro Sit-In
Four African American students at Woolworths for lunch and were denied lunch because it was against their policy to feed African Americans. -
Freedom Rides
A group rode on a bus through the southern segregated states to stop segregation on buses and terminals. -
Integration of University of Mississippi
The federal Court appealed admitting James Meridith who was an African American student. -
Assination of Malcolm X
He was a muslim minister and human rights activist during the civil rights movement who was shot multiple times and killed. -
Voting Rights Act
It was about being against discrimination for voting by letting African Americans have the right to vote as well. -
Shirley Chisholm's presidential campaign
She was the first African-American female to run for president. -
Democratic National Convention
The democratic election for the presidency. -
University of California Regions vs. bakke
The university's admission criteria was violating the equal protection clause of the 14th ammendment.