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Plessy v Ferguson
A court case in which Homer A. Plessy stated that Louisiana's law of separating blacks and whites violated the 14th amendment. After the court case Jim Crow laws were made to limit the Blacks. Its important because if it wasn't for the court case or laws, Blacks wouldn't have risen up.
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Murder of Emmett Till
Emmett Louis Till was murdered by Roy Bryant and John W. Milam. He was murdered for wolf whistling at Bryant's wife. It was significant because blacks were still mistreated from whites but it showed that the blacks had their rights.
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Rosa parks and bus boycott
On December 1st, 1955 Rosa Parks got it of work and sat in the white section of the bus. She was so tired that she refused to give up her seat, causing her to get arrested. This caused Martin Luther King Jr. to start the Montgomery Bus Boycott on December 5th, 1955. The Boycott made buses loses money so they had to remove the sections. Its important because it was one of the first peaceful protest that was a success. http://www.ushistory.org/us/54b.asp -
SCLC and MLK
On January 10, 1957 king created the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. King was the leader of the organization and led them to gain Blacks rights peacefully. Its an important event because this is the first time we see a large group of people to get together and protest peacefully, which caused more people to join because it was opened to all.
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Little Rock High School
The Little Rock Nine were a group of African American students who enrolled in a white central high school in Little Rock Arkansas on September 2,1957. Their first day of school was on September 2,1957 and they were mistreated and hated. Even though Americans were angered, the Little Rock Nine were able to attend at the school. Its significant because it was the few times the government helped the blacks in their struggles.
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Greensboro
The Greensboro Sit-Ins was when a group of black students sat in the white section at the dinner and calmly asked to be served. Of course this was frowned upon because white people. They sat there for about 4 days and most were mistreated during the time, afterwards the store was closed and the students were arrested. This showed the unequal treatment that African Americans had to go through, even to just get a simple meal.
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Brown v. Board of Education
The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas declined Linda Brown to attend a all White school because she was black. Marshall argued that violated the 14th amendment and Warren decided that separate schools because of race was unequal. It was important because it inspired black students to try to go to school.
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SNCC
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Commite started in in April of 1960 with its main goal was for the blacks that lived in the north to help out blacks that lived in the south. With its formation many whites from the north helped fund the SNCC's work in the south. With this you could see that whites and blacks could coexist together without prejudice and that was crucial to the Civil Rights movement.
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Freedom riders
Began on May 4th 1961, it was an event in which 6 white people and 7 black people took a bus from Washington D.C. to the south. At first they were only met with minor hostility, but deeper they went the more violence they encountered. This event shows that even whites could be treated the same way as blacks just for supporting them.
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The March on Washington
The March on Washington was held in 1963 on August 28th. It was held as a stand up for civil rights for blacks and to stop racism. This was a huge important event for the civil rights movement in which MLK delivered his famous "I have a dream" speech.
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Civil Rights Act
This act was passed on July 2, 1964 to outlaw discrimination. With the passing of this new found act you couldn't discriminate against race, color, religion, sex or national origin. It's very important to the Civil rights movement because everything that was fought for was now finally earned.
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Assassination of Malcolm X
On February 21, 1965 Malcolm X was assassinated for being a Civil Rights activist. With his death came the loss of a major leader for the civil rights and many people under him now turned to MLK. It's important to the civil rights movement because he was the first civil rights activist to be assassinated.
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Voting Rights Act
In 1965 the government made a law that allowed blacks to vote. Blacks became politically active and were given political jobs as well. It was important because this led to President Obama to become the 1st African American President of America.
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Death of MLK
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at Memphis Hotel on April 4, 1968. James Earl Ray was a white man who hated black influence. Its important because King showed that world that the impossible is possible if you put your mind to it. He also taught the world that peaceful protest works.
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