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Brown v board Education
Supreme Court case that ruled racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional. The case combined five different cases all challenging the "separate but equal" doctrine established by the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision, which had legalized segregation in public facilities, including schools. -
Murder of Emmett Till
two Mississippians bludgeon and kill Emmett Till, a 14-year-old black boy, for whistling at a white woman; their acquittal and boasting of the atrocity spur the civil rights cause. -
Rosa parks and the bus boycott
an African American woman, was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. At that time, the city's bus system followed a policy of racial segregation, where Black passengers were required to sit in the back and give up their seats to white passengers if the bus became full. -
Southern Christian leadership conference
SCLC is closely associated with its first president, Martin Luther King Jr., who had a large role in the American civil rights movement -
Little Rock 9
Minnijean Brown, Terrance Roberts, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Thelma Mothershed, Melba Patillo, Gloria Ray, Jefferson Thomas, and Carlotta Walls
Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faunas, the Governor of Arkansas -
Greensboro sit-ins
college students-starts with 4
Greensboro, North Carolina
Woolworths Lunch Counter-could buy items, but not be served Food. -
Ruby bridge
Ruby bridge
New Orleans, Louisiana
one of 4, 6 year old black children pass a hard test to go to a white school, she was escorted by federal marshal, together only student taught by one teacher -
Freedom riders
43le individuals on 60 Separate rides
Groups CORE, SNCC, NAACP, Nashvile student mavement
southern states
They were all arrested in Jackson in the bus depot for violating segregation statutes and were taken to jail -
March on Washington
James Farmer, Martin Luther King, Jr., John Lewis,
A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins, and Whitney Young
250,000
Where: Washington, D.C.
Peaceful and respectful protest for jobs and Freedom.
Martin Luther King gaue his I have a dream speech.
It was the
private bushess
last speech of the day -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Washington DC.
Enabled the Federal
Government to prevent racial discrimination and segregation based on race, color, religion or national origin in private businesses and public facilities -
Assassination of Malcom X
at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City. Malcolm X, a prominent civil rights leader and former spokesman for the Nation of Islam (NOI), was shot multiple times while preparing to address an audience of about 400 people -
Selma to Montgomery Marches (Bloody Sunday)
Bloody Sunday refers to the events of March 7, 1965, when about 600 civil rights activists attempted to march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to demand voting rights for African Americans. The marchers, led by John Lewis and Hosea Williams, were brutally attacked by Alabama state troopers and sheriff's deputies as they crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma. -
Voting Rights Act (1965)
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on August 6, 1965, to protect the voting rights of African Americans, especially in the Southern United States. It came after years of discrimination, including practices like literacy tests and poll taxes, which prevented Black citizens from voting. -
Assassaination of Martin Luther king
On April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a leader in the Civil Rights Movement, was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. While standing on the balcony of his motel room, Dr. King was shot and later died from the wounds. The man arrested and convicted for the crime was James Earl Ray, a fugitive who had escaped from prison.