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plessyv. ferguson
Supreme court case allowing sepreate but equal -
naacp
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malcom x
head of black panthers, equality through any means necessary -
emmett till
black teen murder in mississippi for talking to white girl -
black panther party
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brown v. board of education of topeka
Linda brown was allowed in to a all white school -
rosa parks
arrested for refusing to give a her sit on the bus to the whites -
montgomery bus boy cott
rosa parks refused to give up here seat so they arrested her and blacks boycotted the bus company so they walked -
little rock school integration
a fedreal jugde ordered that the nine african american students be allowed to go to little rock central high school. -
the sit-ins
black student sat down at lunch tables in protested until they were served -
freedom rides
hoped to provoke a violent reaction that would convince the kennedy administration to enforce the law -
marching to washington
mlk lead the march to washington and gave his "I Have a Dream" speech -
marching to birmingham, Alabama
mlk arrested police brutality shown on tv -
24th amendment
abolished pull tax to vote -
civil rights act of 1964
made public segregation illegal -
de jure and de facto segregation
segregation by law, segregation by custom -
voting rights act of 1965
it eliminated literacy tests that had disqualified many african americans from voting. -
march from selma to montgomery for voting rights
march to register black voters -
thurgood marshall
lawyer for brown v. board-first blacks supreme court justice -
race riots
blacks protest in cites business burned and cites under curfewed -
mlk
change through peaceful protest