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NY Race Riots
The New York race riots of 1919 developed with increasing racial tension and violent incidents in NY. These riots were a part of the Red Summer, the period from late winter through early autumn of 1919. During which white supremacist terrorism and racial riots took place in more than 3 dozen cities across the US, as well as in 1 rural country in Arkansas. There were hundreds of deaths in these riots. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
It was a civil rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama. Protesting segregated seating, 4 days before the boycott began, Rosa Parks was arrested and fined for refusing to give her seat on the bus to a white man. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
It was the 1st federal Civil Rights legislation passed by the US Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875. The bill was passed by the 85th US Congress and signed into law by President Eisenhower. This legislation established a Commission on Civil Rights to investigate Civil Rights violations and also established a Civil Rights Division within the Department of Justice. It authorized the prosecution for those who violated the right to vote for US citizens. -
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Freedom Riders
Civil Rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern US in 1961. The bus passengers were assaulted. They were among the 1st of more than 400 volunteers who traveled throughout the South for 7 months. They tested a 1960 Supreme Court decision that declared segregated facilities for interstate passengers illegal. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
It prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. President John F. Kennedy proposed this act. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed this act into law. -
Malcolm X's Assassination
3 men- Muhammad Aziz, Mujahid Abdul Halim, and Khalil Islam- were convicted of killing the civil rights leader and were sentenced to life in prison. He was shot in Audubon Ballroom. -
Dr. King's Assassination
MLK was shot while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Within an hour, he was pronounced dead. For nearly 50 years, the federal government has maintained that James Earl Ray was the gunman who assassinated MLK that day. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
It was popularly known as the Fair Housing Act. It prohibits discrimination concerning the sale, rental, or financing of housing based on race, religion, and sex.