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Brown v. Board of Education
- Q: What was the court case that allowed separate but equal facilities? A:Plessy V. Ferguson Supreme Court
- Q: What happened in Topeka Kansas that started the Brown v. Board case? A: They overturned the Plessy V. Ferguson Supreme Court case
- Q: What was the result of Brown v. Board The Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.
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The death of Emmett Till
- Q: Name of the Event. A: The Death of Emmett Till
- Q: Location of the Event A: Money, Mississippi
- Q: Brief Summary A: Emmett Till was visiting his family in Mississippi where a couple of kids dared him to whistle at a white woman in a candy shop to where he was later kidnapped and Lynched and the perpetrators were tried but found Not Guilty even though they admitted to the crime less than a month later
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Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat.
- Q: Describe the event A: After a long day at work Rosa Parks was taking the bus home which were segregated to where African Americans had to sit behind whites and she didn't move out of her seat when a white man told her to resulting in her getting arrested
- Q: What was the result of her refusal to give up her seat? A: She was arrested
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the Southern Christian Leadership Conference is established
- Q: Name the event. A: Southern Christian Leadership Conference is established
- Q: Location of the event. A: Atlanta, Georgia
- Q: Brief summary of the event A: MLK decided that he should fight against segregation and racism respectfully and peacefully "We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline," as king said
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Events at Little Rock, Arkansas
1.Q: What Happened in Little Rock, Arkansas? A:The Schools became desegregated but the governor sent the national guard to prevent the African Americans from entering the school.
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Civil Rights Act of 1957
- Q: Who passed this law? A:President Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Q: What did this law state? A: Gave Voting rights to African Americans
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Woolworth's Lunch Corner Sit in
- Q: Name of the event A: Woolworth's Lunch Corner Sit in
- Q: Location of the event A: Greensboro, North Carolina
- Q: Brief Summary A: 4 black students at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College begin a sit in at Woolworth's Lunch Corner because they are refused service because of their skin color sparking multiple sit ins at resturants
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The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee is founded
- Q: Name of the event A: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee is founded
- Q: Location of the event A: Raleigh North Carolina
- Q: Brief summary A: Gives young African Americans a chance to help in the civil rights movement later on it uses more aggressive tactics to achieve its goal
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Attack of the Freedom Riders
- Q: Describe what the Freedom Riders did. A: They rode interstate buses into the segregated south to get the federal governments attention about the segregation.
- Q: What organizations helped organize Freedom Rides A: The Congress Of Racial Equality
- Q: Where Freedom Riders just African American or did whites join in too? A:Both African Americans and whites were on the bus.
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James Meredith enrolls at Ole Miss
- Q: What happened when Meredith tried to enroll at Ole Miss? A: They rejected him so he sued him for rejecting him just because he was African American
- Q: How did the government get involved? A: Meredith took it to the supreme court and won
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Medgar Evers Assassinated
- Q: Who was Medgar Evers? A: Was the first state field secretary of the NAACP in Mississippi
- Q: Describe the events that took place A: He helped solve crimes perpetrated against African Americans because of this he was assassinated outside his house
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The March on Washington
- Q: What was the purpose to the March on Washington A: For jobs and freedom.
- Q: What famous speech was delivered when everyone met in Washington? A: I have a dream by MLK Jr.
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
1.Q: Who passed this law? A: President Lyndon Johnson
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March to Selma
- Q: Why was the match to Selma organized? A: To help register African American voters
- Q: What opposition did the marchers face during the march? A: The state and local authorities tried to stop them
- Q: What was the result of the march? A: The National guard helped them reach their goal
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The Black Panthers
- Q: Name of the event A: The Black Panthers
- Q: Location of the event A: Oakland, California
- Q: Brief Summary A: The Black Panthers believed that MLK's ideas of passive protesting would take too long to happen leading to be aggressive with their protesting.
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Thurgood Marshall first black Supreme Court Justice
- Q: What role did Marshall play before becoming a justice? A: He was the Legal Counsel for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- Q: Why do you think this was such a monumental event? A: Because it would help rid of and prevent unconstitutional laws against African Americans
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The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King
- Q: Describe the events that took place during the assassination. A: MLK was invited to Memphis to help a sanitation worker strike where he was assassinated during a speech that seemed like foreshadowing his own death
- Q: Why did the death of MLK Jr. have such a big impact on both whites and African Americans A: Because he was trying to do the right thing and was always passive about the way he did it.
