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Civil Rights Movement
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The 13th Amendment
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The 15th Amendment
The 15th amendment says the the United States Of America can not deny the right to vote becuase of a persons skin color or race -
Little rock nine
After the Brown V Board of Education debate, Blacks and Whites were allowed to go together. But it was very dangerous. The nine black kids were being harassed and beated up. At one time they weren’t even able to go school for a total of 2 weeks because of the treats they and the school were getting. But the government demanded they didn’t refuse what they told him the school district to do. So the kids went to school but they had to be escorted to school by the military. But that didn’t keep the -
Brown v Board of Education
In December of 1952 the U.S Supreme Court had its docket cases for Kansas Delaware, The District of Columbia, South Carolina and Virginia. All of which challenged the racial segregation in Public schools. The Supreme Court had consolidated these five cases under one name alone. Olive brown Vs Board of education. -
Emmett till Murder
Emmett Till, a 14 year old boy from Chicago Illinois, was visiting his relatives in Mississippi when he was stolen from his great-uncles’s home on August 28 1955. He was beaten, shot in the head, and then thrown into the Tallahatchie River. When Till’s body was found, his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, insisted on having Emmett’s body returned to Chicago, where she held a open casket funeral for him. A picture of Emmett’s mutilated, bloated face was shown around the country, was one of the sparks of -
Rosa Parks Bus boycott
December 1, 1955; Rosa parks was heading home from her job as a seamstress, She boarded a Montgomery city bus When a white man boarded the bus the bus driver demanded that all the black people move to the back of the bus so the man could sit. Rosa refused; she later said “When I made my decision I knew I had my ancestors with me.” -
I have a dream speech
Martin luther King Jr gave his speech about freedom. He beggan the speech with the emancipation of slavery. Issues but Abraham Lincoln, and later mention that after being freed from slavery blacks still not free. This Speech changed history as we know it -
16th Street Baptist Church
On a Spetmeber morning in 1963 Four small black girls were prepairing for nsunday school, as usual.in the basement of the church.In the same basement a bomb had been replaced. The bomb went off killing the girls. That day many teem black youth were killed -
The Civil Rights Act of 1968
In 1966, president failed to persuade congress to pass a civil rights bill with a fir house porvision. The assassination of martin luther king Jr generated new support needed to pass the bill. The 1968 Fair Housing Act banned discrimination and rental of 80% of housing -
Martin Luther King Assassination
In the morning hours of April, 4 1968 Martin was murdered by a single shot that struck him in the face and neck that stopped in his shoulder. After he went out to his balcony at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, where he went to lead a peace march to support sanitation workers. He was pronounce dead at 7:05 PM at St. Joseph Hospital.
