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Plessy v Ferguson
This event was started because Plessy did not want to sit in a Jim Crow car. This broke the Louisana law. The law stated that there should be a legal distinction between the whites and the blacks. Ferguson did not budge. He kept respecting the law and the 13th and 14th amendment. -
Jackie Robinson
Jackie was the first black player in the major leagues in 1947 to sign with the Brooklyn Dodgers. He began playing for the Negro Leagues. Then he was chosen by Branch Rickey. He played hs first game on April 15,1947 -
Medger Evers
An American Civil Rights activist from Mississippi who worked to overturn segregation at the university of Mississippi and to gain social justice and voting rights. -
James Meredith
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Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Core became one of the leading activist organizations in the early years of the American Civil Rights movement. Core was made to fight racial segregation. Another event that was linked to this, was the Freedom Ride . The Freedom Ride did not have a good outcome. Many people part of the movements and rides were attacked in Alabama -
Sweatt v Painter
During this event Sweatt presented his college transcrpit to Painter and asked for admission to the law school. Painter said he couldn't officially accept the transcript. So he sent it for consideration. But he'd seek counsel from the states attorney general. In the letter Painter stated he was good enough, but he was a negro. -
Brown v Board of Education
The court required "tangible" aspects of seregated schools to be equivalent. The ruling said that several school districts to improve their black students' schools. They wanted it to be equal for blacks and whites. That they could do the same as whites, and to be treated fairly -
Montgomery bus Boycott
One primary source for this event would be Rosa Parks. Rosa was tired from her long day at work, and usually the blacks would have to give up their seats and move to the back whenever a white person would get on the bus, Rosa was tired of moving for the white people, and she refused to move from her seat. Martin Luther King helped organize a protest against the bus segregation. Many black men got together and they made a bus boycott. This went on for 13 months, and 17,000 blacks walked to work. -
"The Southern Manifesto"
The southern manifesto was a speech introduced by Howard Smith. It was signed by 82 representatives and 19 senators. It urged souterners to exhaust all "lawful means" to resist the "chaos and confusion" that would result from school desegregation. -
Southern Christan Leadership Conference (SCLC)
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Little Rock
Nine black students enrolled at formerly all-white central high school in Little Rock, Arkansas. The students tested the Supreme Court ruling that stated that segregation in public schools is necessary. President Eisenhower sent in federal troops to escort the nine kids into the school. -
Greensboro sit-in
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
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"Freedom Rides"
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"Letter from Birmington Jail"
This letter was written by Martin Luther King Jr, while he was in the Birmingham jail. The letter is an opening to go and explain the stratgegy of non-violent resistance to racism. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington was a rally for peoples jobs and their freedom, and human rights. The rally was demanding civil and ecomonic rights for African Americans. -
Bombing of Birmingham church
The bombing of this church was an act of white supremecist terrorism that happened at the Birmingham church. During the destruction of the church, four young girls were killed. Many of the protests from these people happen at the beginning steps of the church and this was the cause for many of the problems. -
Twenty-Fourth Amendment
This amendment prohibited the federal and state governments from poll taxes before a citizen can participate in a federal election. It was proposed by the U.S. Congress on August 27, 1962, and was ratified by the states on January 23, 1964. -
Mississippi Freedom Summer
This is also known as the Mississippi Summer Project and they wanted to increase voting registration in Mississippi. The group was made of black Mississspians and more than 1,000 out-of-state, predominately white volunteers, faced constant abuse and harrassment from Mississippis white population. -
Civil Rights Act passed
This act ended segregation in public and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sex or national origin, is considered one of the most impotant legislative achievements of the civil rights -
Malcolm X assassinated
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Selma to Montgomery March
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference made Selma, Alabama, the focus of its efforts to register black voters in the South. That March, protesters attempting to march from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery were met with violent resistance by state and local authorities. -
Voting Rights Act approved
This act aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. -
Black Panthers
The Black Panthers practiced militant self-defense of minority communities against the U.S. government, and fought to establish revolutionary socialism through mass organizing and community based programs. They wanted to estabish economic, social and political equality for different races and genders -
King assassinated
Kings assassination was a turning point for african americans and they were very angry and upset about Kings death. His close friend Jesse Jackson was right next to him when he got shot in the neck.
