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1968 BCE
MLK JR
On April 4, 1968 they were striking workers in protesting Memphis. Went back to the motel. Shot lower right side -
1965 BCE
Malcom X
Civil rights leader who was part of the Nation of Islam. He wanted black people to believe in themselves and start their own businesses. He was shot 21 times . -
1965 BCE
Selma
Black marchers wanted to walk 54 mile to Montgomery to register to vote. -
1965 BCE
Voting rights of 1965
Ending the right to vote of African American any discrimination in voting.
Now a federal matter not a state -
1964 BCE
Civil Rights Act (1964)
On July, 2, 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson and Martin Luther King Jr. Enabled the federal government to prevent racism -
1963 BCE
March of Washington
250,000 people marched in Washington, D.C. it was peaceful and respectful protest for jobs and freedom. Martin Luther king gave his “I have a dream speech. MLK was the last speaker of the day -
1960 BCE
Greensboro Sit ins
There were 4 black students that went to the Greensboro college but when they went to go get lunch. The lunch counter -
1957 BCE
Little Rock 9
9 student wed to go to the white school. The Governor of Arkansas call out the National guard to Stop them. President Eisenhower calls in 1,200 military men to escort these Students from home to class, 1959 all schools fully integrated. -
1955 BCE
Rosa parks
Rosa is arrested for failing to move seats on the bus. She is fined $10. Mlk JR and church send out flyers to boycott the bus system on dec 5th. The busses ran empty for 381 days. Supreme Court ruled bus had black ride -
1955 BCE
Emmet till
Accused of whistling at white woman 3 days later Roy Bryant and others kidnapped, eye-detached, ear cutoff, barb wire wrapped around his nock, weighed down by 75 pound cottonginfan thrown into water -
1954 BCE
Brown vs board of edu
NHACP combines 5cases from Kansas, Southaolo, Virginia , Delano and unstring D.C, to Supreme. The court decides 9-0 that Separate bat Equal is wrong. However many of these , black students will never go to school with white students -
Southern Christian Leadership conference
A meeting of black church pastors to coordinate events for black people. MLK was elected the first president. This group used a non violent strategy. This group also registered blacks to vote, opposed Vietnam war and provide better jobs for blacks. -
The freedom Riders
On may, 1, 1961 in Washington D.C. there was 436 individuals who wanted to join the freedom riders the freedom -
LBJ
Ending the right to vote of African Americans any discrimination in voting. Now a federal matter not state