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Court case to stop segregation -
A black man That was falsely accused for harrassing a white woman. He then got murdered by the relatives of the woman. -
A black woman who refused to give her seat for while people. After that a lot of African American people boycotted the buses. -
In the beginning it focused its efforts on citizenship schools and efforts to desegregate individual cities. -
Group of African American students that went to a white filled school. -
Young African American students that staged a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter and refused to leave after being denied service. -
Led nonviolent, direct-action campaigns against segregation and other forms of racism. -
2 week bus trip to the deep south, to deliberately violate Jim Crowlaws. It was orginized by CORE. The buses were burned and riders beaten by the KKK. Nov 1, 1961 white and colored signs are removed from bus stations, train stations and lunch counters. -
For jobs and freedom was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African American. 250,000 people were in attendence at the Lincoln Memorial. MLK was the last to speak, and gave his “I have a dream speech.” 70-80% of Marchers were black. It helped to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964. -
Can not be refused service.
Forbids employers and labor units to discriminate against any person on grounds of race, colore, religion, sex, physical disabilities, 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 March 21-24 with 25,000marches including MLK. -
Overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote as guranteed under the 15th Amendment to the U.S Constitution. -
After he got assassinated it sped up the way for an equal housing bill that would be the last signigicant legislative acheivement of the civil rights era.
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