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Who was apart of Emmett Tills Murder?
J.W. Milam and his half-brother Roy Bryant.
What is Emmett Tills Murder?
Brutal murdered
Where was Emmett Tills Murder?
Mississippi
When was Emmett Tills Murder?
August 28, 1955
Why was Emmett Tills Murdered?
Flirting with a white woman -
Who was apart of Montgomery Bus boyscott?
Rosa Parks was best known for sparking 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott
What is this event?
A protest against racial segregation.
Where was this event taken place?
Montgomery, Alabama
When was the event?
1955-1956
Why did they do this event?
"It signaled that a peaceful protest could result in the changing of laws to protect the equal rights of all people regardless of race." -
Who was apart of the event?
James Stewart ,Arnetta Streeter- Gray
What is Children's March?
Children's Crusade is a march by hundred of school students.
Where was the Children's March?
Birmingham, Alabama
When was thhis event?
May 2-3, 1963
Why did the create a Children's March?
protest against segregation -
Who was apart of this event?
Schwerner, Goodman, and Chaney
What happened in the Mississippi Burning?
"three activists were abducted and murdered."
Where was the Mississippi Burning?
Neshoba County, Mississippi
When was this event?
June 21, 1964
Why was there a Mississippi Burning?
"Symbolize hardcore resistance to integration" -
who- Young African Americans
what- a civil rights protest
where- Greensboro, North Carolina
when- 1960
why- They made the Greensboro Sit- In was a fight for civil rights. -
who- groups of white and African Americans
what-" nonviolent political protest during the civil rights movement. "
where- Alabama, South Carolina and southern states
when- " a series of political protests against segregation by Blacks and whites who rode buses together through the American South in 1961"
why- Whey did freedom rides to protest segregated bus terminals -
who- Bayard Rustin was named chief coordinator
what- protest march know as "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom."
where- The protest was in the front of the Lincoln Memorial
when- August 28, 1963
why- "the event aimed to draw attention to continuing challenges and inequalities faced by African Americans a century after emancipation." -
who- led by Father Georgy Gabon
what- civil rights march to protest the shooting death of an activist Jimmie Lee Jackson.
where- They gathered at Brown Chapel A.M.E Church
when-March 7, 1965
why-protest the death of an activist Jimmie Lee Jackson's shooting death. -
who was apart of the Memphis Sanitation Strike?
Black sanitation workers
what is the Memphis Sanitation?
Strike for Memphis Sanitation Workers
where did this event take place?
Memphis, Tennessee
when?
February 12, 1968
why did they strike?
"to demand better working conditions and higher pay." -
who was apart of the event?
Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr., Herman Frank Cash, Bobby Frank Cherry, Robert Edward Chambliss
what is 16th Street Church Bombing?
"a white supremacist terrorist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama."
where was this event ?
Birmingham, Alabama.
when was this event?
Sunday, September 15, 1963
why did this happen?