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Supreme Court case that outlawed segregation in schools under the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. -
People begin boycotting segregated buses this was impart sparked by Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat to a white man which she was then arrested for. -
Emmett Till was a fourteen year old boy from Chicago who was brutally murdered after whistling at a white woman in Mississippi his body was found in Tallahatchie River. -
First group of colored students to attend an all white school after the banning of segregation. -
Protest of Segregated restaurants protesters would take turns sitting at the Whites only counter. This was the first sit-in. -
Civil rights activists rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States. -
Granted the same rights to people of color and outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
March for Jobs, Freedom, and political expression. Attended by many civil rights leaders to protest racial discrimination. This is where Martin Luther King gave his famous "I have a dream speech". It was also held to show support for major civil rights legislation. -
The Baptist Church bombing was a white supremacist terrorist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. -
Civil rights March where peaceful protesters were attacked by State troopers and police men. -
Outlawed the discriminatory voting practices that made it harder or near impossible for people of color to vote. -
Supreme Court Case that outlawed discriminatory laws around interracial marriage.