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Brown v. Board of Education
NAACP took five cases to the Supreme Court of unequal
treatment. The court rules 9-0 to overturn separate but
equal due to the unfair schooling. Most blacks did not go to
school until 10 more years because they would get tortured. -
Murder of Emmett till
Emmett Till whistled at a white woman at a store in
Mississippi. 3 days later he was kidnapped, beat to death,
and thrown in the water. Roy Bryant the killer was found not
quilty. His mother had an open casket at the funeral so the
public could see what happened to her son. -
Rosa parks bus boycott
Rosa Parks gets arrested because she didn't move on the
bus. The busses then ran empty for 381 days because the
boycott. The Supreme Court then ruled buses had to let
black people ride them. -
Southern Christian leadership conference
A meeting of black church pastors coordinating events for
black people. MLK was elected as the first president. This
group also registered blacks to vote, opposed Vietnam war,
and got better jobs for blacks. -
Little Rock 9
Nine black students wanted to go to a white school and
were told no. President Eisenhower sent 12,000 military
men to escort them to school. By 1959 all schools were fully
integrated. -
Greensboro sit ins
Four college students went to Wodworth's to buy some
things. They then went to the lunch counter and were
refused service and told to leave but stayed. Day after day
they came back and the amount of people that joined them
amounted to 1,000 people. -
Freedom riders
A diverse group of people from 39 states rode on buses to
try and make a change. They arrived in Charlotte NC and
were blocked by the KKK. They got their tires slashed, fire
bombed, buses burned and heated, this happened town
after town. -
March on Washington
250,000 people peacefully marched in Washington D.C. it
was one of the largest gatherings in U.S. history. MLK gave
his famous I Have a Dream speech. -
Civil rights act (1964)
This enables the federal government to prevent racial
discrimination in private and public businesses. This
includes race, color, religion or national origin. The green
book was not used anymore because anyone could go or
stay anywhere. -
Assassination of Malcom X
Malcom X was a civil rights leader and part of the Nation of
Islam. He wanted blacks to believe in themselves and start
their own business. He got shot 21 times and the man
convicted was Thomas Hagan. -
Selma to Montgomery marches (Bloody Sunday)
Black marches wanted to walk 54 miles to Montgomery
Alabama. They were going to register to vote. On the other
side of the Edmond Bridge Alabama state troopers beat the Marchers. -
Voting rights act (1965)
This act ended any discrimination in voting for African
Americans. Now it is a federal matter not a state matter.
Now this act has been used to help disabled people. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King was at a striking sanitation workers
protest in Memphis Tennessee. We was shot by James Earl
Ray in the right side of his face. His death marked the end
of the Civil Rights Movement.