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It is a supreme court case that ends segregation in schools.
The vote was 9-0.
Although this was a great step toward racial equality there was increased violence and schools shot down. -
14 year old boy from Chicago, visiting Mississippi.
He whistled at a white woman and she took offense to it. -
On December 1st Rosa Parks refused togive up her seat. She would be arrested following this would be a boycott. The bus boycott would last 381days in which a law was passed that forbid the segregation of busses. -
Started after bus boycott to organize a protest. MLK elected president of it. They organized nonviolent protests and they still exist today. -
9 Black students were chosen to attend a previously all white university. They would face opposition but they we trained to deal with it nonviolently. This would lead to the desegregation of schools. -
4 college students sat sown at a lunch counter. More and more came. This was a protest to desegregate lunch counters. This protest spread to others dinners until it eventually was officially desegregated. The black staff were told to change the clothes be the first to be served. -
Youth group of the students remained fiercely independent of king and sclc, generating their own projects and strategies. The two organizations worked side thoughout the early years of the civil rights movement. This group was the second half of the freedom riders and were a part of the march on selma. -
2 week trip by bus to the deep south. The goal was to challenge the jim crow laws. It was organized by core. Theriders faced opposition from the KKK and southern whites. Mlk and jfk started talking. -
Jobs and freedom was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. 250,000 people were in attendance at the Lincoln memorial. Mlk was the last to speak and gave his “i have a dream speech”. 70 to 80% were black it helped to pass the civil rights act of 1964. -
Can’t refuse service
Forbids employers and labor unions to discriminate against any person on grounds of race, color, religion, sex, physical disability or age in job related matters.
Prohibits discrimination against race, color, religion, national origin, sex, or physical disability. -
600 students march from selma to montgomery,Alabama to get the right to vote. They walked 54 miles and were stopped at the bridge. Seen on national television. Lbj order the passage of 1965 voting rights law. 2nd march took place on March 21-24 days with thousands of marchers. -
One of the most comprehensive places of legislation in U.S. history. Blacks were registering to vote and being elected to public office.