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Brown vs Board of Education
The Supreme court ruled 9-0 that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. The Supreme Court said that segregation in public schools violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Emmett Tills Murder
Emmett Till was a 14 year old who lived in Chicago and went to visit his family in the summer. A female store clerk said that Till whistled at her and the female store clerks relatives did not like this, so they kidnapped and killed Emmett Till.
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Rosa Parks Refused to give up seat
Segregation laws at the time said that black people must sit in designated seats. The law also stated that a black person would have to give up their seat to a white person.
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
This was a civil rights protest where African Americans refused to ride the buses in Montgomery, Alabama. This was a 13-month mass protest that ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that having segregation on buses is unconstitutional.
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Civil Rights Act of 1957
This Civil Rights Act established the Civil Rights section of the Justice Department. This act also gave the federal justice department more rights to supervise voter registration.
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Little Rock Crisis
This also is known as the little rock nine because 9 African Americans were enrolled in Little Rock Central High School.
The Little Rock crisis started because the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school.
Violence by Opposition