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Emmett Louis Till murdered for speaking to a white woman in Money, Mississippi
The murder of Emmett Till broadcasted the bad things happening in the South to everyone in the US. -
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Violence and the Civil Rights Movement
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Preseident Eisenhower sends federal troops to Little Rock to enforce school desegregation
Sending the troops showed how much segregation wasn't approved in Little Rock. -
Mack Charles Parker was taken from jail and lynched
The lynching of Mack Charles Parker caused a huge uproar. -
Freedom Riders were attacked while testing compliance with the bus desegregation laws.
This showed how badly AA's wanted segregation to end. -
William Lewis Moore slain during one-man march against segregation, Attalla, AL
This showed that there were some whites who actually fought and died for AA's to get rights. -
Birmingham police attack marching children with dogs and fire hoses
This showed the horrible things AA's had to go through in order to gain rights. -
Medgar Evers, civil rights leader, assassinated, Jackson, MS
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Schoolgirls Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley die in the bombing of the 16th St. Baptist Church, Birmingham, AL
This showed how innocent children died in the process of AA's trying to get their rights. -
Civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner abducted and slain by Klan, Philadelphia, MS
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Jimmie Lee Jackson, civil rights marcher, killed by state trooper, Marion, AL
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated, Memphis, TN
This was the most controversial incident to happen. When MLK died, it casued a lot of comotion and had a lot of AA's greiving.
