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Plessy v. Ferguson
state laws requiring racial segregation in public -
Brown vs. Board of Education
African-American and
white children in the same classroom ‘was based on a belief -
Emmett Till murdered
Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi, on August 24, 1955, when he reportedly flirted with a white cashier at a grocery store. -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus in Alabama -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus
in Montgomery, Alabama. -
Little Rock 9
prevented from entering the racially segregated school -
Greensboro Sit-Ins
The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in Greensboro -
Freedom Riders
were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This Act essentially eliminated legalised racial segregation in the US. The legislation made it illegal
to discriminate against blacks -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment
