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Brown v. Board of Education
Brown Vs. Board of Education is now known as one of the greatest Supreme Court decisions of the 20th century. This was helb because Brown believed that the racial segregation of schools in violation of the equal protection clauseof the fourteenth amendment. -
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Civil War
The Civil War was the war of the United States and the Confederate States. The United States wanted to be free of slavery, and the Confederate states wanted to have slavery. The States didn't compromise about it so it broke out into the Civil War which the Northern State won and there was no more slavery. -
Plessey v. ferguson
On June 7, 1892 Homer Plessey was jailed for sitting in the white car of the East Louisianna Railroad. In 1896, the Supreme Court of the United States heard the case and held the Louisiana segregation statute constitutional. -
Jackie Robinson
Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson was an American baseball player who became the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. -
Harlem Renaissance
Harlem Housing executives planned to create neighborhoods in Harlem designed specifically for white workers who wanted to commute into the city. -
Emmett Till Murder
In August of 1955 Emmett Till, a fourteen year old African American boy, was killed for flirting with a white woman. Emmett Till was kidnapped at his Uncles house four days after the inceident and his body was found floating in the Tallahatchie River. -
Rosa Parks's bus boycott
Rosa refused to give her seat up to a white person once the white section was filled. -
Loving vs. Virginia
Mildred Jeder and Richard Loving were married in 1958, which waas illegal because white's and black's were not allowed to mix. It became legal in 1967. -
I Have a Dream Speech
The I have a dream speech was given by Martin Luther King Jr. King wanted Black's and White's to both be equal. Not long after this mesmorizing speech, he was assasinated. -
Martin Luther King assassination
Martin Luther King was pronounced dead at 7:05PM. James Ray was aressted June 8th, 1968.
