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Brown v. Board of Education
Brown V. Board of Education
Washington DC
Supreme Court outlaws school segregation in the Brown v. Board of Education.
The court case that allowed separate but equal facilities was the Plessy v. Ferguson case
The Plessy V. Ferguson case rueling was made in Topeka Kansas that is what started the Brown V, Board of Education.
The Court overruled the Topeka courts decision. -
Rosa Parks Arrested For refusing to Give up her Seat.
Rosa getting arrested.
Montgomery, Alabama
Rosa Parks refused to get up from her bus seat for a white person and was arrested for not standing up.
She got arrested for not giving up her seat. -
EX. Montgomery Bus Boycott Begins
The civil rights protests to end segregation involved boycotting bus until they got what they wanted. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
President Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1957 into law on September 9, 1957.
The bill gave more voting rights to black individuals. -
Events at Little Rock, Arkansas
Black students were trying to go to a white high school in Little rock and the national guard has to be sent in to protect the students. -
Attack of the Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated parts of the us and if you were a white freedom rider you could be beat badly. -
EX. Voter Worker Killed
Herbert Lee helped to register black voters and was killed by a white legislator. -
James Meredith enrolls at Ole Miss
When James tried to enroll at Ole Miss he was denied by the governor of Mississippi and the President had tried to talk to the Governor but he said it would never happen so they had to send in people. -
Medgar Evers Assassinated
civil rights activist was shot in the back while walking up to his house. And the murder was seen by his tow children. -
The March on Washington
The March on Washington was for Jobs and Freedom and at the end Dr. King gave his I have a Dream speech -
EX. Poll Tax Outlawed
To help black voters the federal government ended poll taxes on any and all federal elections. -
EX. Summer Brings 1000 new Vounteers
Over the summer of 1964 over a thousand new young civil rights volunteers help to end segregation. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
President Lyndon Johnson was the one who signed it, and the bill outlawed not hiring someone because of race, sex, and nationality. -
March to Selma
The march was organized because the SNCC and SCLC worked together to lead thousands of non violent protesters to Alabama. The protesters were attacked by police after the first month. the march led to to the signing to the civil rights act of 1965 -
EX. Man Killed by Klansmen
Vernon Dahmer was kill by a klan member of the KKK in June of 1966 -
Thurgood Marshall first black supreme justice
Thurgood was a lawyer before he became a supreme court justice. This proved that blacks and whites were equal. -
The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King
Dr. King was shot after many death threats to him. This was a huge impact because he was such a important civil rights actvist.
