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brown v. Board of education by:josh havlena
1.plessy v. ferguson
3. the court in topeka had declared that the blacks and whites be that were separated was unconstitutional.It had overruled the plessy v. ferguson case of 1896.
2.having separate places for races violates the fourteenth amendment because it is unequal to do so. -
The rev george lee
killed for leading voter registration drive belzoni ,mississippi -
lamar smith
murderured for organizing black voters brockfiaven ,mississippi -
emmett louis till
killed for speaking to a white women -
john earl reese
slain by nightriders opposed to school improvments. -
rosa parks
1.She was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white woman.
2.She then was arrested and then fined for not following the segregation laws. -
montgomery
bus boycott begins -
segregation bus ban
supreme court bans segregation seating on montgomery buses. -
willie edwards jr.
Willie was killed by the klansmen in montgomery alabama. -
civil rights act
1.congress passed the civill rights act of 1957.
2.The act stated that well it was primarily a voting right law. -
prez eisinhowers orders
1.prez eisinhower ordered federal troops to enforce school desegregation in little rock alabama.
2.The plan was to get the children integrated into a middle school then when ready open new junior schools for them and then get them ready for the city. -
mack charels parker
mack was taken from jail then lynched in poplarville, mississippi. -
sit down
black students went into a lunch room and sat in the white only section and refused to move for whites in greensboro north carolina. -
segregation outlaw
supreme court outlaws segregation in bus terminals. -
freedom riders
1.political protests against segregation by blacks and whites who rode buses together through the American South.
2.interstate commerence commistion.
3.it was both white and blacks. -
civil rights groups
civil rights groups join forces to launch voter registration drive. -
cpl. roman
cpl. roman ducksworth jr. taken from bus and killed by police taylorsville, mississippi. -
herbert lee
herbert lee a voter regastration worker was killed by white egislator in liberty mississippi. -
ole miss
1.A big riot broke out known as the ole miss riot of 1962
2.the gorverment stepped in and had protection put on james then a blocade of students showed up and more troops were called in about 31,000. -
pual guihard
a french reporter was killed at the old miss riot in oxford mississippi. -
william lewis
william was slain during the one man march against segregation. -
briminham police
the brimingham police attack marching children with fires hoses and dogs. -
alabama governer
george wallace stands in school house door to stop university integration. -
medgar evers
1.medgar was a civil rights activist and he tried to turn around the segregation in the university of mississippi.
2.He was just getting back from a naacp meeting then he was shot in the back by a kkk member. -
washington march
1.250,000 americans march on washington for the civil rights.
2.The i have a dream speech by martin luther king. -
virgil
virgil lamar ware youth was killed during wave of racist violence in brimingham alabama. -
addie collins
Along with addie collins denise mcnair, carole robertson, cynthia wesley were killed in the bombing of sixteenth street baptist church. -
poll tax outlawed
poll tax outlawed in federal elections. -
louis allen
witness to murder of civil rights worker assassinated in liberty, mississippi. -
the rev
brune klunder was killed in a prostesting construnction of segregated school in clevland,ohio. -
hennry hezekiahoee
also charlie eddie moore killed by klansmen meandville, mississippi. -
freedom
freedom summer brings 1,000 young civil rights volunteers to mississippi. -
james chaney
also andrew goodman as well as michael schwerner which were civil rights workers abducted and slain by klansmen in philly mississippi. -
civil rights act of 1964
1.prez johnson.
2. the law stated that segregation in places like theaters and hotels was outlawed. -
lt col
lemuel penn killed by klansmen while driving north in corbert georgia. -
jimmie jackson
jimmie was killed by a state trooper jimmie was also a civil rights marcherin marion alabama. -
beat marchers
state troopers beat back marchers at edmund pettus bridge in selma, alabama. -
THE REV.
james reeb was a march volunteer and was beaten to death. -
march of selma
1.for voting rights.
2.They faced lots of state troopers.
3.the civil rights act was what inspired them. -
viola gregg
viola killed by klansmen while transporting marchers in selma alabama. -
oneal moore
oneal was a black deputy and was killed by nightriders in louisiaba. -
voting rights
congress passes voting rights act of 1965. -
willie brewster
willie was killed by the nightriders in alabama. -
johnathan daniels
seminary student killed by deputy in alabama. -
samuel young jr
student cicil rights activist killed in dispute in alabama. -
vern
black community leader killed in klan bombing in mississippi. -
ben thester
ben was killed by klansman in mississippi. -
clearence triggs
slain by nightriders in louisana. -
wharlest jackson
civil rights leader killed after promotion to WHITE job in mississippi. -
ben brown
civil rights worker killed when police fired on protesters. -
thurgood marshall
- he was a civil rights advocate. 2.when he became the judge becuase it pointed out to all other blacks that they could achive much more than they thought.
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samuel hammond jr
sanuek abd delano also henry smith were killed when the highway patrolmen fire on protestors in south carolina. -
Martin luther king jr.
- he was on his balcony and was shot in jaw . 2.riot broke out all over the united states and thousands of people payed respect to his coffin as he passed by.
