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Plessy V. Ferguson
A court case in which Homer A. Plessy expressed that Louisiana's law of isolating blacks and whites abused the fourteenth amendment. After the court case Jim Crow laws were made to constrain the Blacks. Its vital in light of the fact that if not for the court case or laws, Blacks wouldn't have ascended. https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=52 -
Brown v. Board of Education
The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas rejected Linda Brown from attending an all White school since she was black. Marshall contended that abused the fourteenth amendment and Warren chose that different schools in view of race was unequal. It was vital in light of the fact that it enlivened dark understudies to attempt to go to class.
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Murder Of Emmett Till
Emmett Louis Till was killed by Roy Bryant and John W. Milam. He was killed for flirting at Bryant's spouse. It was huge on the grounds that blacks were yet still abused from whites however it demonstrated that black people still had some form of rights. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh//amex/till/timeline/index.html -
Rosa Parks Sit in/ Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks rode on the bus and sat in the white segment of the transport. She was so tired from her long day at work to the point that she declined to surrender her seat, making her get detained by authorities. This influenced Martin Luther King Jr. to begin the Montgomery Bus Boycott on December fifth, 1955. It was a success in forcing the hand of the bus company, thus allowing Blacks to ride any part of the bus that they so choose.
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)- Martin Luther King Jr.
On January 10, 1957 the Southern Christian Leadership Conference was founded. Martin Luther King Jr. was the pioneer of the association and drove them to support Blacks rights with a form of peace. This is a significant part of history because it shows how hundreds of people gathered in support of black human rights all while doing it peacefully.
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Little Rock 9 HighSchool
The Little Rock African American students who attended in a white High School school in Little Rock Arkansas on September 2,1957. Their first day of school was on September 2,1957 and they were abused and detested. Despite the fact that Americans were enraged, the Little Rock Nine could go to at the school. It is significant because it was one of the few times where the government actually stood up for blacks. -
Greensboro Sit In
On February 1, 1960 four Black students sat at a Lunch counter in the white section in Woolworth's store. They sat there for four days waiting to be served and more individuals joined the sit-in and a few people were abused. Toward the end of the week the store shut down as opposed to serving the students. This came as a rude awakening to many whites because they were seen as the bad guys. http://www.blackpast.org/aah/greensboro-sit-ins-1960 -
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
This was a nonprofit student organization led by Ella Baker who supported the rights of black people. During this time the votes of black people were being excluded and were not being allowed to vote, which made the SNCC organization popular and grew wide support from others. -
Freedom Riders
The Freedom Riders was a civil rights group who were on a bus loaded with Members from Congress of Racial Equality. Individuals in the transport were known as Freedom Riders. These individuals would ride a transport to challenge their rights yet whites treated them with savagery which made Kennedy be a piece of the Civil Rights development. It was essential in light of the fact that the legislature was authentic supporting blacks.
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March on Washington
On August, 28 1963 civil rights leaders formed a civil rights march rally in protest for civil rights. there was over 200,000 people on the march for rights and was when Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "i have a dream speech". -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act gave the government the power to put a stop to segregation, Not just that, it finished segregation between race, religion, and sex. This Act led to the stop of civil protests.https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=97 -
Voting Rights Act
This Act was marked into law on August 6, 1965, by President Lyndon Johnson. It banned the discriminating voting practices received in numerous southern states after the Civil War, including education tests as an essential to voting. this allowed African Americans to take a bugger role in the community and politics
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Malcom X assassinated
February 21, 1965, Washington Heights, New York City, NY was when Malcom X was assassinated. Malcom X was a very big civil rights leader who's belief was very big in self defense. thought of "eye for an eye" He showed significance in history because he showed that sometimes violence is needed to make a significant difference in the world. His beliefs also led to the formation of the Black Panthers which involved a lot of his "violent".beliefs.http://i2.cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/ -
MLK Assassination
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at Memphis Hotel on April 4, 1968 by James Earl Ray. MLK had a great impact in society in the form of proving that change is possible with peace.
