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A group of Moton High School students protested the overcrowded facilities and degraded resources. The students walked out of school, protested in the streets, and refused to go to school for two weeks.
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A court case that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson, establishing that "seperate but equal" facilities were unconstitutional.
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Emmett Till, a fourteen year old boy from Chicago, IL, was lynched in Mississippi. He was visiting his relatives in Mississippi when he whistled at a white women, Mrs. Bryant. Later her husband, Roy and half brother arrived at Emmett's uncle's house, and killed him. Emmett till's mother, out of fury, decided to have an open casket funeral.
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Political campaign that fought agaisnt discrimination on the public bus system. It started on December 1, 1955 and ended December 20, 1956. It started with Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat and ended with Browder v. Gayle, a court case ruling in favor of civil rights advocates.
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A policy declared by a Virginia Senator that wanted to unite white politicains in a campaign to desegregate schools.
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A group of African American students that enrolled into Little Rock Central High School. They faced massive discrimination and oppression. President Eisenhower called the 101st Infantry to escort them into school.
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Non-violent protests in which citizens, both white and black, sat at the lunch counter at the Woolworth's department store. This resulted in Woolworth's changing their policy on segregation.
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Civil Rigths activists, both white and black, who protested segregation. They were supposed to take the bus from Washington DC to New Orleans but when the bus stopped, they were brutally attacked and the riders were arrested.
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Riots errupted when there was an attempt to integrate the all white school. James Meredith, a black Air Force vetran, sued the school for not allowing admission due to the race and the state court sided with the school. On the other hand, the US Court of Appeals sided with Meredith allowing him to be admitted.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the NAACP led a protest march in Brignham, AL.
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250,000 people marched to Washington DC for jobs and freedom. On the steps of the Lincoln Monument, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. This had a tremendous effect on the President, John F. Kennedy who started trying to pass civil right bills.
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It prohibited poll taxes.
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A landmark legislation that prohibited discrimination against race, women, and religious minorities. It ended unequal voter registration requirements and racial segregation in any government establishment.
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Malcolm X was assassinated by the Nation of Islam. Malcolm X was a radical advocate of "black power".
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A landmark piece of legislation that outlawed discriminatory voting qualifications.
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Black power was a policial slogan that emphasized racial pride and the creation of black political and cultural institutions. Black power emphasized racial oppression and a self sufficient economy.
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The Unites States overturned Pace v. Alabama, making interracial marriage constitutional.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at a hotel in Memphis. This ended the era known as the Civil Rights movement, even though discrimination can still be fought against today.