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Brown v. Board of Education
The decision overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine established by Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896. This ruling was a major victory for the Civil Rights Movement and helped pave the way for desegregation in schools and other public institutions -
Murder of Emmett Till
On August 28, 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi after being accused of offending a white woman. His brutal murder and open-casket funeral, arranged by his mother Mamie Till, sparked nationwide outrage and brought attention to racial violence. -
Rosa Park and the bus boycott
Rosa Parks, an African American woman, was arrested on December 1, 1955, for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. -
Southern Christian leadership conference
Gulch was an organization lineal to the bluh church reguarded church as pivotal minds -
Greensboro sit ins
Four African American college students-Ezell Blair Jr., David Richmond, Franklin McCain, and Joseph McNeil-sat at the "whites-only" lunch counter, challenging segregation -
Ruby bridges
Ruby Bridges, New Orleans Louisiana, Nov 14, 1960
one of 4, 6 year black children passa heard test to go a white school, she was escorted by Federal Marshal -
March on Washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was
a peaceful demonstration in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963. It was a major event in the American civil rights movement. -
Freedom riders
Freedom riders May 4, 1964, they were interracial groups who rode buses through Southern states to test a Supreme Court decision that declared segregation in interstate bus travel unconstitutional. -
Civil Rights
Civil rights are legal protections that guarantee individuals the ability to participate in society and the government. They protect people from discrimination, harassment, and abuse in many areas of life -
Selma to Muntignery, "Bloody Sundog"
Bloody Sunday was a violent attack on civil rights demonstrators during the Selma to Montgomery March on March 7, 1965. The attack galvanized support for voting rights and led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965