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Sweatt v. Painter
The Supreme Court ruled in Sweatt v. Painter that the serperate law school for African Americans at the University of Texas was inferior to the one for whites. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education was landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing seperate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. -
Emmett Till
Emmett Till, an African-American boy, was brutally murdered after "flirting" with a white women. Emmett wolf-whistled at the white women, and later that day at 2am, he was offered a ride by two white men, and was murdered afterwards -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Montgomery Bus Boycott Sparked by the arrest of Rosa Parks, the Montgomery Bus Boycott was a one-day boycott of the city bus system. -
Little Rock Nine
Nine African-American students, notably the Little Rock Nine, were the first to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, were being harrassed due to racism. The ensuing Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus, and then attended after the intervention of President Eisenhower. -
Greensboro Four
Four African-Americans, or the Greensboro Four, sat down at a lunch counter in Greensboro. They sat where African-Americans were not allowed to sit to take a stand against racial segregation. -
Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders Because the Supreme Court had ordered that facilities in bus stations serving interstate travelers be open to all passengers, regardless of race, a group of African-Americans, known as the Freedom Riders, decided to draw attention to the situation so the Court can enforce the law. -
The Albany Movement
The Albany Movement By mid-December more than 500 protesters had been jailed. Local civil rights leaders brought national attention to the situation by inviting Martin Luther King Jr. to lead more demonstrations. The campaign was called the Albany Movement -
Twenty-fourth Amendment
Congress passed the Twenty-fourth Amendment to the constitution and submitted it to the states for ratification. The amendment banned states from taxing citizens to vote. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
The Civil Rights Act of 1968, or the Fair Housing Act, banned racial discrimination in the sale, rental, or financing of housing and made harming civil rights workers a federal crime.
