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Brown vs Board of Education
A Supreme Court case that banned separate but equal laws. Linda Brown and her lawyer Thurgood Marshall won the case. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
After Rosa Parks went to jail black people started to not ride the buses. Since the buses were starting to lose money they eventually allowed blacks to sit any where. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
This act gets rid of discrimination laws in voting. Such as a literature test to rid of black voters. -
The Greensboro Sit-In
Four college students sat in the "whites only"
section as a non-violent protest. The waiter never served them. -
Freedom Riders
Fought for equal bus rights. Though they got arrested for doing so. By the end of the summer in 1961 three hundred and twenty-eight (328) Riders got arrested. -
I Have A Dream
Famous speech cause segregation to be banned. The speech includes him talking about how he sees the future though his eyes. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act outlawed discrimination based on race, religion, and gender. Thou President Kennedy was assassinated, Lyndon Johnson signed it. -
Voting Rights Act 1965
Made black men able to vote. Though many vote stations in the South weren't so kind about it. -
The Black Panther Party
A group founded in 1966 by Huey Newton and Boddy Seale in Oakland, California. Its main goal was to protect blacks from police violence. Later it turned into a violent group that tried to over throw the United States government with guerrilla tactics. -
1967 Detroit Race Riot
12th street rebellion caused many arrest for the blacks. Many stores were looted or burned and $287 million dollars in damage to the city. -
MLK Assassinated
James Earl Ray was guilty to assassinating MLK. His motivation is still unclear even though it has been thought that he wanted attention.
