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Sweatt v. Painter
a supreme court case in which the supreme court challenged the separate but equal clause established by Plessy vs Furguson, challenged again 4 years later by Brown vs board of Education -
Period: to
1950s
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Northern Violence over School Integration
violent protest opposing the massive desegregation of schools -
Keys v. Carolina Coach
Keys refused to give up her seat on a bus, segregation was banned on buses by the interstate commerce commission -
emmit tills murder
very violent murder he was beaten to death -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
all african americans refused to ride city buses causing the buses to lose money -
Creation of the Montgomery Improvement Association
a movement to help desegregate the souths buses -
Founding of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
a civil rights organization founded off the MIA -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
established the department of civil rights in the justice department -
Little Rock Nine Crisis
9 african americans that were enrolled into little rock high school -
Cooper v. Aaron
a supreme court case that made it to where all officials were mandated to desegregate -
Period: to
1960s
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Greensboro Sit-In
series of non violent protest in the Woolworth store -
Freedom Rides
activists that rode buses into segregated southern states -
Albany Campaign
was a desegregation and voters rights coalition -
Integration of the University of Mississippi
riots erupted on the campus of the University of Mississippi because they were forced to intergrate -
Birmingham Movement
a movement organized by Southern Christian Leadership Conference -
Assassination of Medgar Evars
he was a civil rights activist, was the NAACP's first secretary -
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
MLK's march on Washington D.C., I have a Dream speech -
Mississippi Freedom Summer
campaign to get as many African American voters registered as possible -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin -
Heart of Atlanta Motel vs. US
was a landmark court case, upheld the commerce clause -
Assassination of Malcolm X
he was an american muslim minister happened at columbia university Irving Medical Center Ney York -
March from Selma to Montgomery
a march from Selma to the capital of Alabama Montgomery -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
outlawed discriminatory voting practices -
James Meredith’s March Against Fear
he was the first African American to enroll at the Univerisity of Mississippi began a solitary walk -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
caused riots in every major city in America took place in Memphis -
Fair Housing Act
made it illegal to to harass a person based on race, gender, ethnicity, or religion -
Period: to
1970s
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Swann vs. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Supreme court case that upheld bussing while integrating schools -
Shirley Chisolm’s Presidential Campaign
she was the first African American woman to run for office and receive the vote for a major party in the United States -
Hank Aaron’s Home Run Record
Hank Aaron breaks all-time homerun record -
Barbara Jordan’s Address at the Democratic National Convention
Barbara Jordan delivered the Key note speech at the 1976 democratic convention -
University of California Regents vs. Bakke
a supreme court case that found that a university that based admission on race as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause