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Brown vs. Board of Education
A landmark case where justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of public schools was unconstitutional.
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Emmett Till Murder
Emmett Till, a 14-year-old, was visiting his family in Money, Mississippi. He had been allegedly flirting with a white woman and was stripped, beaten, gouged, and shot. His body was found tied to a cotton gin fan with barbed wire in the Tallahatchie River.
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Rosa Parks & The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks was an African American who refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil rights movement that involved African Americans refusing to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama. This was in protest to segregated seating.
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Little Rock Nine
A group of nine African American students selected by the School Board to attend a previously all-white school in Little Rock, Arkansas. They were treated horribly and were harassed. The governor sent the National Guard to keep the students out. The students were later let in and had to be escorted by the military. That did not prevent the harsh treatment they received. -
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Greensboro Woolworth's Sit-Ins
A nonviolent protest at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. Involved North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University students. Ezell Blair Jr. (Jibreel Khazan), Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, and David Richmond.
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Freedom Rides
Groups of white and African American activists participated in protesting segregated bus terminals. They were confronted by police officers and horrific violence.
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March On Washington
A massive protest march when approximately 250,000 people gathered among the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The march had the purpose of raising awareness of African American inequalities. The event that Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have A Dream" speech. -
Birmingham Baptist Church Bombing
A bombing of the Birmingham Baptist Church where a bomb exploded before Sunday morning services. Four girls were killed and several others were injured. There was abundant outrage after the event and it drew attention to the struggle for civil rights. -
The Civil Rights Act
It is an act that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. I ceased segregation in public locations and banned discrimination at the workplace. Proposed by John F. Kennedy and signed into law by Lyndon B. Johnson. -
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"Bloody Sunday"/Selma to Montgomery March
It was a part of a series of civil rights protests. Protestors marched the 54-mile route from Selma to Montgomery where they were approached with violence from local authorities and white vigilante groups. The march raised awareness of difficulties African Americans had regarding voting.
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Voting Rights Act
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Loving vs. Virginia
A landmark case that abolished laws banning interracial marriage in the United States. Richard and Mildred Loving were the plaintiffs who were married in Washington D.C. and went back to their home in Virginia.
