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Brown Vs. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas
Thurgood Marshall was an African American lawyer that helped lead up to this event.
Chief Justice Earl Warren deemed the 'seperate but equal' principle unconstitutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the Montgomery Bus, even though it was against the law. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Established the US Civil Rights Commision, which had the power to investigate violations of civil rights. -
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SNCC
Studen Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, committee designed to defeat white racism. -
Freedom Ride
African Americans rode through the south defying segregationist codes. -
March on Washington
more than 200,000 people showed up
MLK Jr. gave his 'I Have a Dream' speech -
Nation of Islam
A religious sect led by Elijah Muhammad demanding seperation of races.
Malcolm X was the most prominent minister but in 1964 he left. -
Freedom Summer
Focusted on registering African Americans to vote -
24th Amendment
Banned the poll tax which had been used to keep poor African Americans from voting -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Desegretated America
Medgar Evers held Meredith win a court case with Ole Miss
MLK Jr. helped petition in Birmingham, Alabama -
Voting Rights Act
Empowered the federal government to oversee voting registration and elections in states that had discriminated against minorities. -
Black Power
Carmichael was arrested in Greenwood, Mississippi. Afterwards he said that African Americans needed "black power!" -
Black Panthers
Organized armed patrols to protect from police abuse. -
Kerner Commission
a Natinal Advisory Cmmission on civil disorders. Concluded that long-term racial discrimination stood as the single most important cause of violence.
