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Brown v. Topeka Board of Education
The Brown v. Topeka Board of Education was the case in which the United States Supreme Court ruled that 'seperate but equal' public schools for blacks and whites were unconstitutional.The decision was made on May 17, 1954, the court ruled unanimously, in doing so the court ended federal tolerance of racial seggregation. This decision paved way for equal education for all students in the United States. -
The Murder of Emmett Till
Emmet Till was an African American boy born in Chicago,Illionis, while visiting family in Money,Mississippi Emmett reportedly flirted with a white cashier at a local grocery store to impress his friends. The cashier, feeling harassed told her husband about the incident. Her husband later murdered Emmett. The murder of Emmett Till gave Americans a first hand look to the problems rasicm had inflicted onto their country. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks planted the seeds for revolution in 1955 when she refused to give up her seat when asked to move from the whites only section of the bus by the bus driver. As a result of her disobedience the bus driver contacted local officials which inevitably had her arrested. This lead to many blacks boycotting public transportation all together. Which became one of the starting routes of non violent civil disobedience. -
Little Rock Crisis
The Little Rock Crisis came to be through the enrollment of 9 African American Students into a previously whites only campus of Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was initially prevented by Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas. It was until President Dwight D. Eisenhower ruled that due to the Brown v. The Topeka board of education ruling, students should be allowed to attend school regardless of race. -
Greensboro (NC) sit-in
The Greensboro sit-ins were a group of non violent protests across the nation. These sit-ins led to the desegregation in some places like dinners. The sit ins demostrate non violent action could be successful. -
Freedom Riders
The Freedom Riders were a group of civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961. They sought out to challenge Jim Crow laws by riding in mixed racial groups.Freedom Riders supported the the American Civil Rights Movement and wanted to put an end to segregation. -
The March Of Washington
Around 200,000+ people marched from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial, in an act of non violent protest. It was on this day that Martin Luther King Jr., delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. This was a speech that still lives today and will live for decades to come. -
16th street bombing (Birmingham,Al)
16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham , Alabama was bombed on September 15th 1963. Four girls died in the incident. This attack shaped the nations view upon racial tension in America, the African American community was more united than ever due to this tragedy, they hoped change was soon to come. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
President Lyndon B. Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on July 2nd 1964 thus endng public disrimination of African American people. This was a huge victory for the Advocates of the Civil Rights movement, finally blacks and whites could Co exist with one another under the law. -
Voting Rights Act
President Lydon B. Johnson passed the Voting Rights Act in order to give African Americans encouragement to vote under the 15th Amendment. In doing so the African American people felt more American than ever as they for one were being treated as citizens.The Voting Rights Act was the last instalment of the long road of the Civil Rights Movement.
