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Brown vs. Board of Education
The legal suit called for the legal de-segregation of all schools, but the Supreme court ruled in favor of the Board of Education -
Rev. George Lee killked
Lee killed while leading a voter-registration drive. Belzoni,Mississippi -
Lamar Smith murdered
Murdered for organizing black voters. Brookhaven, Mississippi -
Emmett Louis Till murdered
Murdered for speaking to a white woman. Money,Mississippi -
John Earl Reese slain
Killed by nightriders opposed to school improvements. ayflower, Texas -
Rosa Parks arrested fo refusing to give up bus seat
Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving uo her seat at the front of the bus to a white man. Montgomerey, Alabama -
Supreme Court bans segregation seating on busses
The Suprme Court bans segregation on busses -
Willie Edwards Jr. killed
Killed by klansmen. Montgomerey, Alabama -
Congress passes first civil rights act since reconstruction
Congress passes first civil rights act since civil war, leading to integration of schools. -
President Eisenhower orders troops to force desegregation of schools
The President sent in federal troops to enforce the integration of schools after many people tried to stop it. Little Rock, Arkansas -
Mack Charles Parker lynched
He was pulled out of jail and lynched. Poplarville, Missiissippi -
Black students stage sit-in at restaurant
Blacks students staged a sir-in in a "whites only" restaurant. Greensboro, North Carolina -
Supreme Court outlaws segregation in bus terminals
Supreme court made segregation of bus terminals illegal -
Freedom Riders attacked
Freedom Riders were attacked while testing compliance with desegregation of busses. The SNCC helped organize it. -
Herbert Lee killed
The voter registration worker killed by white legislator. Liberty, Mississippi -
Civil rights groups launch a voter registration drive
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Cpl. Roman Ducksworth Jr. killed
Was taken from a bus and killed by police officers.Taylorsville, Mississippi -
Riots erupt when black man enrolls at Ole Miss
James Meredith enrolled at Ole Miss university creating mass race riots over the black man getting into the school -
French reporter killed during Ole Miss riots
Paul Guinard was killed while reporting on th Ole Miss riots. Oxford, Mississippi -
William Lewis Moore killed
Was kikled during one-man march against segregation. Attalia, Alabama -
Birmingham police attack marching children
Police attack kids with dogs and fire hoses -
Alabama govenor George Wallace stands in schoolhouse door to protest the integration of universities
Wallace stood in protest of the decision to integrate universities -
Medgar Evers assasinated
Civil rights leader Medgar Evers assasinated by a klan member after getting out of his car in the driveway. Jackson, Mississippi -
250,00 Americans march on washington for civil rights
250,000 American people marched on Washington to protest for civil rights led by Martin Luther King Jr. He delivered his I Have A Dream Speech. -
16th Baptist church bombing
killed 4 young school girls after leving the church. Bomb was made by a klan member. Birmingham, Alabama -
Virgil Lamar Ware killed
Youth klled during racist violence. Birmingham, Alabama -
Poll tax outlawed
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Louis Allen witness to murder
Witness to the murder of a civil rights worker assasinated. Liberty, Mississippi -
Rev. Bruce Klunder killed
While protesting construction of segregated school. Cleveland, Ohio -
Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore killed
Meadville, Mississippi -
Freedom Summer brings 1,000 young civil rights volunteers to Mississippi
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James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner killed
Were abducted and killed by klansmen. Philidelphia, Mississippi -
Civil Rights act signed by President Johnson
This at outlawed discrimination of color, race, religion, or gender -
Lt. Col. Lemuel Penn killed
Was killed while driving north. Colbert, Georgia -
Jimmie Lee Jackson killed
Civil rights worker killed by state trooper. Marion, Alabama -
State troopers beat black marchers
At Edmund Pettus Bridge. Selma, Alabama -
Rev. James Reeb killed
Mrch volunteer was beaten to death. Selma, Alabama -
Viola Gregg Liuzzo killed
Killed by Klansmen while transporting marchers. Selma Highway, Alabama -
Thousands complete the Selma to Montgomery march
Thousands of African Americans and whites complete the March from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama enduring harrasment and attacks. They showed there perserverance in order to get rights. THe march was organized for voting rights. -
Oneal Moore black deputy killed
Vanada, Louisiana -
Congress passes Voting-Rights-Act of 1965
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Willie Brewster killed by nightriders
Anniston, Alabama -
Jonathan Daniels Seminary student killed by deputy
Hayneville, Alabama -
Samuel Young Jr. student civil rights activist killed
Tuskegee, Alabama -
Vernon Dahmer black community leader killed in bombing
Hattiesburg, Mississippi -
Ben Chester White killed by klansmen
Natchez, Mississippi -
Clarence triggs killed by nightriders
Bagalusa, Louisiana -
Wharlest Jackson civil rights leader killed
Natchez, Mississippi -
Benjamin Brown civil rights worker killed when police fired on protesters
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Thurgood Marshall sworn in as first black Supreme Court justice
Marshall being sworn in gave the African American community a voice in the courts. He was a member of the court of appeals. -
Samule Hammond Jr., Delano Middleton, Henry Smith killed by police firing on student protesters
Orangeburg, South Carolina -
Martin Luther King assasinated
James Earl Ray shot King at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Both whites and blacks were distraught over his killing because he had becoem such a large political figure in the country.
