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Niagara Movement
Niagara movement was a movement created by 29 black intellectual people after being denied admittance to hotels in New York. This movement was led by W.E.B. Du Bois, they all gathered at Niagara falls, which their name came out of. This movement was different and a lot more powerful because it was demanding of legal change, economics, health education and mostly targeted towards ending segregation. After the Race riot in Springfield, NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of -
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Jackie Robinson
He was the first African american to break the baseball color line.
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Brown V Board of Eduction
After Oliver Brown’s daughter was denied entrance to Topeka, an all white school was when the brown v board of education came about. Brown argued that this segregation violated the 14th amendment because the all white and all black schools could never be the same, and this affected the children and more specifically black children. Brown’s case became bigger incorporating more cases and ending in the supreme court.This became a turning point for segregation between children in school. -
Little rock nine
What happened? A group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957.
Significance: These students were testing a landmark in 1974 for the US supreme court declaring the laws establishing segregated school be unconstitutional. -
Freedom Ride
In 1946 the supreme court had banned segregation in interstate bus travel which CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) then tested. They often rode around other places where they would experience more violence. They would ride around the south where there was a lot of segregation, and black people went on all white busses and vice versa. When one day beaten and law enforcement did nothing to protect them. When CORE members could not keep going the leftover members kept going where in -
March on washington
What happened? This was a march that took place on august 1963 with over 250,000 people standing in front of the Lincoln memorial.
Significance: This was one of the largest political rallies in HIstory and this is when Martin Luther King gave his famous “I Have A Dream” speech. -
Voting rights act
There was a strong opposition when people of color were allowed to vote with the 14th and 15th amendment. Whites made it impossible for african americans to vote. The voting acts right in 1965 passed by president Lyndon b. Johnson was to overcome small barriers that prevented the ability for african americans to vote. Although many people in the south still got away with not letting african americans vote, they could still go against them because of the new law. This voting acts right -
Malcolm X
Malcolm X a member of the nation of islam who once was incarcerated grew to become National representative of the nation of islam. He contrasted himself with Martin Luther King as he would speak about non violence but Malcolm on the other hand wanted people to protect and defend themselves. He changed the way people so comfortably said “negro” and “colored” to “black. He after left this nation and was now in the new OAAU (Organization of afro american unity). He continuously -
Bloody sunday
What happened? Incident on January 30, 1972 in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland. Soldiers shot 28 unarmed civilians during a peaceful protest against intermement.
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Black panthers
What happened? Political organization founded Bobby Seale and Huey Newton in October in 1966. The party had a variety of community social programs
Significance: Armed citizens monitored the behavior of authority and challenged police brutality.
