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Brown vs. BOE
Brown vs. BOE was a case held because they wanted to stop segregation in schools. They mentioned a quote saying " Equal means getting the same thing at the same time in the same place". They sued the school and the decision on the case was to overrule the separate but equal law. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
There were many bus segregation going on. making whites sit in the front and blacks sit in the back and the middle seat if nobody was sitting there. There was a moment where this white man didn't have a seat and the bus driver asked a lady by the name of Rosa Parks to get up and 2 others. The 2 other rose other then Rosa Parks. After this day there were many protest about what happened that day with bus segregation and Rosa Parks became the leaded the movement. -
The Little Rock 9
After everything with the schools the BOE still has some hard feelings. The little rock 9 were 9 African Americans that got accepted into a school with 2,000 white students. Eisenhower then sent troops to stop those 9 African Americans from going to that school. This resulted in cooper V. Aaron which decide to deny the delay of desegregation for 1 month. -
The Sit-in Movement
The sit in movement was created by 4 college students just talking about the civil rights movement and just wanted to take a stand or a seat. They created the SNCC group and decided to sit at a whites only counter until they were served equally as whites. Set power in African Americans when the Sit in movement began. -
Freedom Riders
African Americans and Whites gathered to protest down south. They were riding busses and taking them south to protest and continue against bus segregation. They were beat and abused by the people who opposed. They used things such as bats and metal pipes. -
James Meredith and the Desegregation of Southern Universities
James Meredith was an African American Aire Force veteran. Federals needed to help James get admitted to go to the University of Mississippi. Eventually JFK Sent 500 federal marshals to help escort Meredith to the campus. Became First African American to get into the University. -
The March on Washington
Civil rights advocates decided to walk through Washington. The leader of this movement was Martin Luther King and the birthplace of his famous " I Have A Dream" Speech. After this march and his famous speech, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed. -
Malcolm X and the Civil Rights Movement
Malcom X had his own views on the civil right movement. He loved the message it was trying to send but he was not happy with the way they approached it. He was upset with the fact that they were waiting for freedom and equal rights come to them instead of them going for their equal rights and force it. Unfortunately Malcom X was assassinated by people from the the nation of Islam. -
Voter Registration Among Minorities
There was still some unspoken subjects. The movement focused on jobs and segregation in general, hardly even brought up voting as a minority. The Selma march was a protest on voting rights, which came in with the same mindset as if its equal that means everything is equal. Unfortunately people were beaten by police at the march and didn't go how they expected it too. This created the voting rights act of 1965. Sent people to register qualified voters. -
Urban Problems and the Black Panthers
Life for African Americans weren't too great. They lived in overpopulated areas and had very little supply. It was always dirty which made illness go up by a lot and had low paying jobs and lived very uncomfortable. There was a group called the Black panthers and they were a political group making sure all African Americans were ready to take their freedom and be ready top force their equal rights.