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Separate but Equal
The U.S. supreme court that upheld the racist policy of segregation by legalizing "separate but equal" facilities for black and white students -
Brown vs Board of Education
US court overturned "separate but equal" during the Brown v. Board of Education case. -
Murder of Emmet Till
Emmet Till was murdered in Money, MI. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white patron on a Montgomery City bus, she was promptly arrested -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Montgomery Bus Boycott begins -
Little Rock 9
Little Rock Nine enter Central Highschool -
Sit-In
4 black college students sat at an all white counter and started a sit-in protest at a Woolworth's store -
Freedom Riders
Freedom Rides begin in the south to protest segregation -
MLK arrest
Martin Luther King Jr. is arresting in Birmingham, AL while protesting in the "most segregated city in America" -
March on Washington
more than 250,000 people march on Washington to demand the immediate passage of civil rights -
Civil Rights Act
President LBJ signed the premier legislation for civil rights into law -
Selma to Montgomery
A march from Selma to Montgomery begins to fight for voting rights -
Voting Rights Act
President LBJ signed the voting rights act, outlawing the use of literacy tests in voting -
Black Panthers
Black Panther Party is founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale -
Assassination of MLK
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis
