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Sweatt v. Painter
Equal Protection Clause challenged the separate but equal doctrine regarding law school admissions. -
Keys v. Carolina coach
Interstate Commerce Commission outlawed the segregation of Black passengers in buses traveling across state lines. -
Emmett tills Murder
A 14 year old boy gets beat and shot gets his bodie thrown in the river -
Civil rights act of 1957
Established the Civil Rights Section of the Justice Department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain court injunctions against interference with the right to vote. -
cooper v. Aaron
the Supreme Court ruled that the state of Arkansas could not pass legislation undermining the Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education (in 1954) that racial segregation in public schools -
Birmingham Movement
launched with mass meetings, lunch counter sit-ins, a march on city hall, and a boycott of downtown merchants. -
Voting rights act of 1964
outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting. -
March on Washington for jobs and freedom
The purpose of the march was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. -
Assassination of Malcolm X
He was assassinated -
Assassination of Martin Luther kings.jr
Got assassinated -
Swann vs. Charlotte-Mechanistic schools
The unanimous decision, the Court held that once violations of previous mandates directed at desegregating schools had occurred, -
Barbara Jordan's Address at the DNC
she was the first black woman to ever deliver a keynote address at a major party convention and that such a thing would have been almost impossible even a decade earlier. -
Shirley Chisholm's Presidential Campaign
Became the first black candidate for a major-party nomination for President of the United States, and the first woman to run for the Democratic Party's nomination. -
Hank Aaron's home run record
Hank Aaron hit his 715th career home run off Los Angeles Dodgers -
Civil rights act of 1975
Prohibits discrimination based on age in programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance.