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Emmett louis till
Emmett Louis Till was an African-American boy who was murdered in Mississippi at the age of 14 after reportedly flirting with a white woman the murdered of emmett till opend the eyes of African American showing tham what was being done to there people for the color of there skin. -
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Violence & Civil Rights Movement
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Little Rock Nine
nine african american studenst fighting to attend cental high school. Thelma Mothershed, Elizabeth Eckford, Gloria Ray, Jefferson Thomas, Melba Pattillo, Ernest Green, Carlotta Walls, Minnijean Brown this story helped african americans with standing up for there schooling rights. -
Mack Charle's Parker
Accused of the rape and kidnap of a white woman Mack Charles Parker was abducted from the jail where he was being detained in Pearl River County by a lynch mob led by J.P. Walker -
Freedom Riders
seven blacks and six whites left washington D.C going to the Deep south on a greyhound bus. the main goal was ruling in Boynton v. Virginito test segregation -
william lewis moore
a man who was against racial segregation.Assassinated April 23, 1963 Binghamton, NY. found by the side of a highway, shot twice in the head, with a .22 Caliber Rifle at close range. -
Bimingham police attack
Bull connor orderd High school students to be hit by a high-pressure water jet from a firehose and dogs ready to bite during a protest in Birmingham african american have fhought for the rights of a education and equal opportunity . -
Medgar Evers
a african american a part of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) assassinated by byron de la beckwith on june 12 1963 medgar Evers was killed. this shined light on african americans in the south and there movements -
16th St, Baptist Church bombing
The four girls killed in the bombing, Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson and Denise. more suffring for african amercains died for the color of were skin. -
The Murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman & Michael Schwerner
murdered near Philadelphia, in Nashoba County, Mississippi. They had been working to register black voters in Mississippi The Murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman & Michael Schwerner opend the eyes to more madness -
jimmie lee jackson
looking to move to the north for a better life plan was protest the unfair treatments of Negroes. a freedom fighter for rights of african americans -
Death of Dr. martin luther king
while standing on the balcony of his motel room in Memphis, Tennessee,he was assassinatetion. the assasssinatetion was painful for may but as a leader off freedom gone but not forgotion
