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Plessy v Ferguson
Supreme Court ruling that races are indeed equals, however must remain segregated in the state of Louisiana.
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Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Founded by an interracial group of students in Chicago-Bernice Fisher, James R. Robinson, James L. Farmer, Jr., Joe Guinn, George Houser, and Homer Jack.
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Jackie Robinson
This is the date Jackie Robinson offcially joined the MLB, thus firing up equality riots and eventually ending segregation in baseball.
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Sweatt v Painter
A legal battle ensued because a Negro (Sweatt) was denied admission to an - up until then - all white school.
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Brown v. Board of Edcation
The court ruling that segregated/"spearate but equal" schools were unconstitutional.
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Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers was a Civil Rights Activist that helped fight against segregation in schools after applying to the University of Mississippi and being denied acceptance. He eventually became the first field secretary for NAACP.
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
A boycott organized to fight against the segregated seating on the buses in Montgomery, Alabama.
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The total length of the bus boycott in Montogmery, Alabama.
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The Southern Manifesto
A document written by 101 US Senators and House of Rep members claiming the court was incorrect in its decision of the Brown v Board case, and a "clear abuse of judicial power."
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SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)
A meeting of 60 people from 10 different states that declared civil rights are "essential to democracy" and that segregation once again must end. They stated that all blacks should passive-aggressively fight, nonviolently.
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Little Rock- central High School
The Little Rock Nine were nine black students fighting racial segregation by attending an All-White public school. On the first day of school, the governer attempted to bar their entrace to the school building, but President Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock to escort the Little Rock Nine into the school.
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Greensboro Sit In
It was originially four black college students fighting against racial segregation in a restaurant whose official policy was to deny service to anyone but whites. They were denied service, but the refused to give up their seats. The next day, they returned with more students.
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SNCC (Students Nonviolent Coordinating Commitee)
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Freedom Riders Were Founded
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Twenty Fourth Amendment
Many Southern states adopted a poll tax in the late 1800s. This meant that even though the 15th Amendment gave former slaves the right to vote, many poor people, both blacks and whites, did not have enough money to vote.
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James Meredith
This was the day he was admitted to the university of mississippi, a predominantly white school. James had to go throough several legal battles to be able to attend the University of Mississippi. His argument was that the only reason he was not being chosen was because he was colored.
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Letter From Birmingham Jail
The letter responded to critisisms demonstrated by eight prominent white clergy man. The letter is important because it shows kings feelings towards the unjust events around him and it is an example of a well-written argument.
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The Civil Rights Act Passed
The civil Rights Act outlawed discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national orientation. it also required equal access to public places and employment, and enforced desegregation of schools and the right to vote.
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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
While the March did not immediately change the balance of power in Congress in support of civil rights, it did accomplish two very important things, prompted many Americans to reconsider their perspective on the Civil Rights Movement and it reaffirmed the strength of American liberal institutions.
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The bombing of Birmingham Church
The bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, was one of the deadliest acts of violence to take place during the Civil Rights movement and evoked criticism and outrage from around the world.
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Mississippi Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer was a nonviolent effort by civil rights activists to integrate Mississippi's segregated political system during 1964. Because black Mississippi residents were not allowed to vote, they held a parallel "Freedom Election" and challenged the right of the all-white Mississippi congressional delegation to represent the state.
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malcom x is killed
Malcolm X was expected to blame Nation of Islam members for fire bombing his home. Following his break with the Nation of Islam, and his public criticisms of its leader, Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X received death threats from Black Muslims.
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Selma to Montgomery March
The montgomery march led thousands of nonviolent demonstrators to the steps of the capitol to protest voting rights for colored people. The campaign in Selma and nearby Marion, Alabama, progressed with mass arrests but little violence for the first month. That changed in February, however, when police attacks against nonviolent demonstrators increased.Cite -
Voting Rights Act
It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting.
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Black Panthers
Famous for taking up guns in defense against police brutality, the Panthers had many other little-known sides to their work. They organized dozens of community programs such as free breakfast for children, health clinics and shoes for children.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. was assasinated
Shortly after 6 p.m. on April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and mortally wounded as he stood on the second-floor balcony outside his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn. He was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. at St. Joseph Hospital.
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