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Plessy V Ferguson
A court case that determined blacks and whites were 'spererate but equal.' This was seen as an act of segregation -
Founding of NACCP
Du Bois and Jane Addams formed the NACCP to " ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights for all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial descrimination." -
Jackie Robinson integrates Baseball
Jackie Robinson was the first black player to play in the previously all white american major leauge of baseball. -
The Millitary Integrates
Truman orders that segregation be ended in the millitary. -
Brown V Board of education
Case where the Supreme Court ruled that segregation in schools, was unconstitutional. -
The murder of Emmett Till
Emmett Till, a 14 year old boy, was brutally murdered, after flirting with a white woman. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A movement where Rosa Parks, among others, boycotted the bus system to end segregation of it. -
Little Rock Nine
Nine Black students are allowed to attend Central High School. -
Greensboro Sit Ins
Blacks in Greensboro, and other places, began to sit inside whites only establishments, to promote integration. -
Freedom Riders
Black civil rights activists that rode on buses in the south to test new rulings. -
Birmingham Children's March
High School students marched to talk to mayor about equal rights. They were stopped by police with water hoses, and attack dogs. -
March on Washington
Martin Luther King Junior, and other civil rights activists marched on washington for 'jobs and freedom' MLK gave his 'I have a dream' speech -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Law that outlawed discrimination by race, color, religon, sex, or national origin. -
Assasination of Malcom X
Malcom X was assassinatied by rival black Muslims -
Selma March
Civil rights activists marched around the south to promote anti discrimination. They were met with violence from Alabama state troopers. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
LBJ signed law dictating voting rights. -
Watt Riots
A black man was arrested for DUI. Many people in the city later started riots, specifically targeting white businesses.