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Plessy vs Ferguson
A man named Homer Adolph Plessy in 1892, sat in the whites only section in a Louisiana train. He then got arrested for not going to the section reserved for blacks. On May 18, 1896 they decided that what happened was constitutional and reinforced segregation.
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Brown v Board of education
A lady named Linda Brown was unable to enter into Topeka's all- white elementary school. She argued that black schools were not equal to white schools then ended up going to court. The supreme court ruled on behalf of her and said that black schools were indeed unequal and had a negative toll on colored children but they still believed the two races should be separate.
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Rosa parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycott
A women by the name of Rosa Parks got on a Alabama bus and sat in the 5th row. She was then told to move back because the train started to get crowded up with passengers and the white section needed more room. She refused to move and ended up getting arrested, which started a revolution.
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Murder of Emmett Till
A black 14 year old boy, Emmett Till, was brutally murdered after allegedly flirting with a white woman. The woman's brother and husband made Emmett carry a 75 pound cotton gin tan to the bank and told him to make all his clothes. They then beat him, shot him in the head, and thew him in the river.
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Sclc & Martin Luther King
This event started with the Montgomery Bus Boycott. then later Bus boycotts spread across the south, and then leaders of the MIA and other protests groups joined in Atlanta to form SCLC. Then it eventually led to the coming of the human rights movement.
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Little Rock Nine High School
The little rock nine was a group of black students who wanted to enroll in the all white central high school. It was decided in the court case that they could attend to Central High. The governor, however it called in the National guard to block the black students entry. Later, president Dwight D. Eisenhower sent troops to escort the group of black students into the school.
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Greensboro Sit-In
It was a sit in civil rights protest where young black students made a sit in in a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina and peacefully refused to them when asked to leave. They were then arrested for trespassing and disturbing. Even tho they suffered severe persecution, their actions created a lasting immediate impact.
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Freedom Rides
Freedom rides where groups of white and African American civil rights who rode buses through the south to protest segregated bus terminals. They also where brave and ate in the white only restaurants. The people supporting it were confronted by police officers and white protestors.
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March on Washinton
The march on Washington was a massive protest march that 250,000 people went to draw attention to the challenges and persecution African Americans had to struggle with. It was where Martin Luther King Jr, gave his famous "I have a dream" speech
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SNCC & Freedom Summer
The SNCC was a civil rights group that was made to give young blacks a chance for a voice in the civil rights movement. Freedom summer was a 1964 voter registration that was sponsored by the SNCC. This was directed to increase the black voter registration in Mississippi. Then the KKK made violent attacks against the people supporting it which then led to a murder of 3 people.
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Civil Rights Acts (1964)
This Act ended segregation in public places and stopped discrimination based on race, sex, religion, or national origin for the employment. It was 1st proposed by president JFK and then it survived a strong oppose from southern congressmen. It was then finally signed into a actual law by London B. Johnson.
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Assassination of Malcom X
In New York City A man named Malcolm X was assassinated by rival Black Muslims. He was just about to organize his organization of Afro-American unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights. Malcolm X was known for his violent approach to the civil rights movement instead of a peaceful approach like Martin Luther King JR.
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Voting Rights Act (1965)
The voting rights aimed to take down legal barriers on state and local levels which didn't allow African Americans to exercise their right to vote. This was then guaranteed under the 15th amendment to the U.S. constitution. It was considered one of the most unappreciated event of civil rights legislation in U.S. History.
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Assassination of MLK
In Memphis Tennessee, Martin Luther King Jr was shot and killed. His death then created a lot of conflict in 100+ cities around the country. It also led to a period of national mourning which sped up the equal housing bill that would be the legislative victory of the era.
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/martin-luther-king-jr-assassination
