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1900's
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Slavery ends
Slavery ends witht he president Abraham Lincoln making the Emancipation Proclamation -
Plessy v. Ferguson
After this court case the seperate but equal policy was made. Blacks were considered equal but had different facilities that were not as good as the whites. -
Brown v. Board of Education
After this court case was done the desegregation of schools was made that didn't go over well and caused more controversy for the years to come involving students of different races. -
Rosa Parks is arrested
Rosa Parks is arrested for not giving her seat up to a white person -
Montgomery bus boycott
The Montgomry bus boycott began because of the Rosa Parks incident -
Montgomery bus boycott ends
it ends the bus segregation because congress calls bus segregation unconstitunal -
National Guard goes into Alabama
The govenor of Arkansas calls in the National guard to stop black students from attending. Since this didn't work he cancels all public schooling in the area. -
Sit ins
Sit in at Woolworths lunch counter because they didn't get service. After one week there were 1000 participants. After this event sit ins were staged all over at libraries, churches, and pools. -
Freedom Riders bus is burned due to racisim
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Lyndoin B. Johnson goes into ofrfice with his Great Society policy
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March on Washington
This was when their was one of the biggest protests in history. It had 20000 people involved in it and it was where MLK gave his most famous speech. That speech was the "I* Have a Dream" -
JFK is assassinated by ???
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Civil Rights Bill is passed
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Malcom X
Malcom X was a African American who didn't believe in the peaceful change that was occuring. he wanted blacks to stand up for themselves and fight back. -
Malcom X
Malcom X was a African American who didn't believe in Martin Luther Kings peaceful change policy. He wanted blacks to stand up for themselves and fight back. -
Voting rights act is passed to allow blacks to vote
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Malcom X
On this date Malcom X was assassinated. -
MLK assassination
Mlk gets assassinated on the balcony of a hotel building even though he promoted equallity through non violence and peace. -
Forced bussing
Buses went to go pick up blacks and brought them to white schools to try and enforce desegregation.