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American Civil war
Fight between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America, a collection of 11 southern states that left the Union -
Plessy vs Ferguson
Supreme court upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine -
NAACP formed
The national association for the advancement of coloured people, it is also a civil rights organization -
Freedom rides
The purpose of freedom rides was to challenge segregation on interstate buses and bus terminals -
Army is desegragated
An executive order which banned segregation in the Armed forces/army -
Brown vs board of education
Separated children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional -
Montgomery bus boycott
The supreme court ruling segregation on public buses unconstitutional -
Little rock nine
Identified the first african american students to desegregate Little rock central high school -
Greensboro sit in
Civil rights protest that started when young african americans students staged in a sit in at a segregated woolworth's lunch counter in greensboro where they refused to leave after being denied service -
Birmingham protest
A civil disorder and riot in birmingham that was provoked by bombings -
March for jobs and freedom in Washington
The purpose of this was to demand an end to segregation, fair wages and economic justice, voting rights, education, and long overdue civil rights protections -
Civil rights act
Voting practices adopted in many southern states after the civil war, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting -
Malcolm x Assassinated
Malcolm x was preparing to address the organisation of Afro-American at the Audubon ballroom in the neighbourhood, he got shot multiple times and killed. -
King assassinated
News of king's assassination prompted major outbreaks of racial violence, resulting in more than 40 deaths nationwide and extensive property