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Little Rock Nine
Group of African-American High-school student. Challenged segregation in Little Rock (a public school). During the summer of 1957. In early September 1957 the Little Rock Nine arrived at Little Rock Central High School accompanied by a small group of ministers.They encountered a large white mob that began shouting, throwing stones, and threatening to kill the students. The Little Rock Nine were sent home that day -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
.Federal voting rights bill. Purpose, was to show the federal government's support for racial equality after the US Supreme court's decision. Desegregation of public schools -
Woolworth's Lunch Counter
Four african americans. Lunch counter (food serving station). But the serving lady refused to serve the students -
March of Washington
The March on Washington was a political demonstration held in Washington D.C, in 1963. Its official name was the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Civil rights leaders organized more than 200 000 people to protest discrimination against African Americans. They also marched to show support for major civil rights legislation that was pending in Congress. Martin Luther King Jr. was also a part. -
Civil Rights Act in 1964
In 1964 the U.S. Congress since Reconstruction (1865–77). Title I of the act guarantees equal voting rights by removing registration requirements and procedures biased against minorities and the underprivileged. -
Civil Rights act in 1965
Local levels that prevented African Americans to vote under the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. That is the fundamental law of the U.S federal system. The fifteenth amendment was ratified and guaranteeing that the right to vote would not be denied on any conditions. -
Fair Housing of 1968
Protects individuals and families from discrimination in the sale, rental, financing, or advertising of housing. It provided also discrimination based on colour, sex or religion. People were furious after the Vietnam war, that the families of African American soldiers who had been killed in Vietnam were facing discrimination to housing. The fair housing act passed the Congress on April 11, 1968. -
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday, demonstration in Londonderry (Derry), Northern Ireland, on Sunday, January 30, 1972, by Roman Catholic civil rights supporters that turned violent when British paratroopers opened fire, killing 13 and injuring 14 others (one of the injured later died).The incident remained a source of controversy for decades, with competing accounts of the events. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was a sentral person before and during the Montgomery bus boycott. 1913-2005. A symbol of none-violent demonstrations. Arrested for not giving up her seat on the bus to a white man, the first of December 1995. A part of NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Montgomery bus boycott - from December 5th 1995 to December 20th 1996. Montgomery, Alabama. Started the Monday after Rosa Parks was arrested. Arrested for not giving up her seat on the bus to a white man, the first of December 1995. A flyer asked every "Negro" (as it says in the flyer) to stay off the buses
