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he was assassinated during his speech at the Audubon Ballroom by Thomas Hagen -
Sweatt, a black man applying to the University of Texas Law school and was rejected because of his race, Sweatt went to court where they decided that the Law school for black Americans was not even close to "separate but equal" as the school severely lacked basic necessities. -
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Sarah Keys, a 22-year-old black woman refused to give up her seat on a charter bus through Carolina Coach. She was arrested and then took Carolina Coach to court, in the end, it was ruled that segregation on buses going across state lines was outlawed. (https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sarah-keys-bus#:~:text=At%20just%2022%20years%20old,buses%20traveling%20across%20state%20lines.) -
after schools began integrating races, people were irritated and afraid. and where there's fear, there tends to be violence. black children and adults were being beaten and lynched for simply existing in the same area as white people.
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Emmett Till, a black child that was hunted down and beaten to death by white men for being falsely accused of whistling at a white woman in the city. he was beaten beyond recognition. -
this was put in place to desegregate areas, specifically busses in Alabama. -
this was a timespan where African Americans were refusing to ride city busses, this of course was going to affect the town's money income and daily rides. it was a nonviolent protest in Montgomery Alabama.
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inspired by the MIA, Martin Luther King Jr founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization designed to coordinate protests. -
this was an act passed to open up voting to more black Americans. Of course there were those that opposed to it. -
when nine black children, after pushing through a racist crowd, were denied entry to Little Rock High School, people were outraged! -
when Little Rock school in Arkansas wanted to halt desegregation for 30 months, John Aaron decided to be the voice for black children and sue. the supreme court decided in favor of Aaron. -
this was a nonviolent protest where black citizens sat in at Woolworth's diner and refused to leave, this diner was a segregated area and sparked many other sit-ins across the nation. -
this was a bunch of protests, done by both black and white people where they rode on the same bus which ended in the desegregation of interstate travel.
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this was one of the first huge movements that ended in over 1,000 black Americans being arrested for protesting for civil rights. -
the integration of the University of Mississippi caused mass riots against James Meridith, who walked from Tennessee to Mississippi. Meredith was also an air force veteran and was the first black person to attend this school.
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led by Dr. Martin Luther King, this movement was to shed light on all of the African Americans fighting for desegregation. a lot of it ended up being violent and dangerous. -
was assassinated at his home after a meeting in Mississippi. -
people from all over the country arrived to Washington to march for jobs and freedom. over 250,000 people were there. -
meant to register as many black voters as humanly possible, the Mississippi Freedom Summer what a bunch of white volunteers (mostly) who went to voting polls to battle the intimidators. many black Americans were arrested, beaten, and killed. but this time there was coverage on it. -
the heart of atlanta motel was refusing black Americans due to race, they were sued and the motel was destroyed and replaced with a Hilton. this was important as it backed the civil rights act.
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this passed a law that discrimination based on race, sex, or religion, was illegal. -
this march was to show black Americans rights to vote.
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this was to eliminate discrimination against people of color at voting polls. -
James Meridith, a black person enrolled to the university of Mississippi, the FIRST black person to do so, planned to walk from Tennessee to Mississippi to protest racism. this sparked other protests and black voters. -
this is fairly self explanatory, he was assassinated due to his beliefs and race. -
this act made it illegal for real estates to discriminate against people of color or based on sex or religion. -
this was the court case where Charlotte was charged with keeping segregation within its education system, however the judge sided with the schools as it wasn't wrong according to the constitution.
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Shirley was the first woman to run for president and the first black person to run for office. this encouraged other black people to push for equality. -
Hank Aaron was the first black man to set a homerun record, this helped fight racism in sports and helped prove that black Americans could do the same things that white Americans can. -
Barbra Jordans Address was the first address by a black person and it was a peaceful Address, not attacking the other party, but focusing on everyone. -
the university of California was discriminating against people of color, so they got sued and lost.