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Civil Rights
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Brown Vs Board of Education
Unanimously agreed that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. -
Murder of Emmett Till
The 12 year old was kidnapped, beaten, shot, and dumped into a river for talking to a white woman. -
Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Seat
A white passanger took her to get to the back of the bus. She didn't and for that she was arrested. -
Sit-in
At Greensboro, N.C. four blacks students walked into a white restaurent and just sat there. -
James Meredith
Mr. Meredith was the first black student to enroll into University of Mississippi. -
March to Washington
Around 200,000 people walked to the Lincoln Memorial to hear Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech. -
Four Girls Died
Four young girls attending Sunday school are killed when a bomb explodes at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, a popular location for civil rights meetings. -
Civil Rights Act Signed
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination of all kinds based on race, color, religion, or national origin. The law also provides the federal government with the powers to enforce desegregation -
Three Civil-Rights Workerd
Three civil-rights workere were arrested by the police on speeding charges, incarcerated for several hours, and then released after dark into the hands of the Ku Klux Klan, who murdered them. -
Martin LutherKing Jr is Murdered
King was shot as he stood on the balcony outside his hotel room. James Earl Ray is convicted of the crime.
