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Brown V Board of Education
Blacks didn’t have same educations as whites. NAACP combines 5 cases from Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, and Washington D.C. -
Murder of Emmett Till
Accused of whistling at white women. Three days later Roy Bryant and others kidnapped him. His eye detached, ear cut off, and bar wire wrapped around his neck. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa is arrested for failing to move seats on the bus. She is fined $10. MLKJR and church send out flyers to boycott the bus system on Dec5. - The buses ran empty for 38 days. Supreme Court ruled blacks and whites can sit wherever they want. -
SCLC
A meeting of black church pastors to coordinate events for black people. MLK was elected the 1st president of the group. This group used nonviolent strategy and registered blacks to vote. -
Little Rock 9
9 black students wanted to go to a white school. The governor of Arkansas called out the National Guard to stop people who opposed the idea. President Eisenhower calls in 1,200 military men to escort these students from home to school. -
Greensboro Sit-ins
Go to Wordsworth buy items. Then go sit at the Lunch counter. They are refused service and told to leave but they stayed. Day after day they came back and did the same thing. -
Freedom Riders
A diverse group of volunteers from 39 states, most were college students. They arrived in Anniston, Alabama blocked by KKK. Tires slashed, fire bombed, and buses were burned and people were beaten. -
March on Washington
250,000 people marched in Washington D.C.. It was peaceful and respectful protest for jobs and freedom. MLK gave his famous “I have a dream” speech. MLK was the last speaker for the day. -
Civil Rights Act
Enabled the Federal government to prevent racial discrimination and segregation based on race, color, religion, or national origin in private businesses or public facilities. -
Assassination of Malcom X
Civil rights leader who was part of the Nation of Islam. He wanted black people to believe in themselves and start their own businesses. He was shot 21 times. Thomas Hogan convicted of killing. -
Selma to Montgomery Marches (Bloody Sunday)
Black marches wanted to walk 54 miles to Montgomery to register to vote. At the Edmond bridge troopers brutally beat them. -
Voting Rights Act
Enabling the right to vote of African Americans any discrimination in voting. Now a federal matter not state. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King
Striking sanitation workers protesting Memphis. Went back to the motel. Shot lower right side of his face with Remington Rifle. James Earl Ray sentenced to 99 years. His death marks the end of the civil rights movement.