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🟦- Achievement
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This case challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine. Ending up ultimately being the stepping stone to the Brown v Board case. -
A 14 year old colored boy was brutally murdered after a lady claimed that he had cat-called her in the store. The men took him from his bed and beat him unrecognizable. -
NAACP boycotting public transportation buses. After Rosa Parks got kicked off the bus for not moving to the back of the bus to stand for a white man.The goal was to achieve civil rights in a peaceful way. -
This is the first federal legislation that put the civil rights movement into the justice system. The purpose of this was to protect the right to vote.
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The supreme court ruled Arkansas' segregation of school as unconstitutional under Brown v. Board. This ultimately led to the Little Rock Nine being able to attend Little Rock.
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This was a series of peaceful protests. Where they sat in in a primarily segregated places such as the Woolworth store in Greensboro NC.
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Tested the Boynton v. Virginia Supreme Court decision. This being the desegregation of public transportation specifically when it came to interstate buses.
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This was a huge milestone in which it prohibited discrimination. It advanced equality in not just race, but gender, religion and ethnicity.
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Hundreds of people marched from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery. Marching to utilize their right to vote under the constitution.
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This act outlawed discriminatory practices in order to vote such as literary tests. Literary tests were made nearly impossible so that people couldn't register to vote
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This case dealt with the busing of students across districts to further integration. This attempted to force integration into public schools.
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Shirley was the first black woman to campaign for president. She was also the first black candidate to run for a major party in the presidential election.
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This helped integrate minor league baseball. He was also an icon which had a big influence on the people around him therefore he could speak out against racism and people would listen
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Jordan's speech addressed the importance of equality. She also told the country that in order for there to be unity there must be willingness.
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This case was held to deal with the admission to the University of California to an extent based off of race. This was violating the Equal Protection Clause.