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Brown vs Board of Education
The person involved was Oliver brown. It took place in Kansas and a few other states. This resulted in an overturn 9-0. -
Rosa Parks
One day a women named Rosa Parks got on a bus.
She didn't want to give up her seat when told. This took place in Montgomery, Alabama. She ended up getting arrested. -
Scls
Martin Luther King along with 60 black ministers were part of an organization. This organization linked to churches as organizing paces for civil rights activism. This took place in Atlanta, Georgia. -
Emmit Till
This involved Carolyn Bryant who was 21 years old, Roy Bryant, J.W. Milan. It took place in Money, Mississippi. What occurred was that a white woman was whistled at. -
South Christian Leadership Conference
The SCLC was an organization linked to the black churches. 60 black ministers were pivotal in organizing civil right activism. Martin Luther King Jr was elected President. They focused its non violent strategy on citizenship, schools and efforts to desegregate individual cities. It played key roles in the March on Washington in 1963 and the Voting Rights Campaign and March to Montgomery in 1965. -
Little Rock 9
It involved 9 black students. It took place in Rock, Arkansas. They went to a normal school. -
Greensboro
It was a group of black people. They started protests. It took place in North Carolina. -
Ruby Bridges
Ruby Bridges was a black girl who passed a test to go to a white school. She was the only one being taught by the teacher she had. This took place in New Orleans, Louisiana. -
Freedom Riders
They were a group of activists. This was in the southern part of the United States. They wanted to make a the statement that segregated buses were unconstitutional. -
March on Washington
This event involved 250,000 people. It took place in Washington D.C.. It was a protest for jobs and freedom -
Civil rights act
It involved MLK. It took place in Washington. It was to prevent racial discrimination. -
Malcom X
It took place in New York. It involved Thomas Hagan. Malcom was killed. -
Selma
It involved the SCLC. It took place in Selma Alabama.It was a march and people died. -
Voting rights act
It took place in Washington. It involved Lb Johnson.
It allowed blacks to vote.