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Tuskegee Institute created
Tuskegee University is a private, historically black land-grant university in Tuskegee, Alabama -
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Plessy v. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities -
NAACP created
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a civil rights organization in the United States -
19th Amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex -
Executive Order 9981
Issued by President Harry S. Truman. This executive order abolished discrimination "on the basis of race, color, religion or national origin" in the United States Armed Forces -
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Brown v Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education was a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional -
Emmett Till's Death
Emmett Till's murder was a spark in the upsurge of activism and resistance that became known as the Civil Rights movement. -
Little Rock 9
The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine black students who enrolled at formerly all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
The Act of 1957 was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress in almost 100years The bill was passed by the 85th United States Congress and signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower -
SNCC
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) -
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Greensboro NC Sit-in’s
act of nonviolent protest against a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina -
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Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders were groups of white and African American civil rights activists who participated in protests against segregated bus terminals. -
March on Washington – “I have a Dream Speech”
"I Have a Dream" is a public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom -
24th Amendment
The Twenty-fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
A landmark civil rights and labor law that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, and later sexual orientation and gender identity. -
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March from Selma Alabama
The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery -
Voting rights act of 1965
Signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson. It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices in many southern states after the Civil War -
American Indian Movement founded
The American Indian Movement is a Native American grassroots movement, to address systemic issues of poverty and police brutality against Native Americans -
MLK assassinated
Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee -
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The Montgomery bus boycott
The Montgomery bus boycott was a political and a social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama