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it was a significant landmark because it upheld a state law from lousianna that allowed equal but separate accomadations for white and colored people -
the tuskegee airmen contributed to the integration of the military for the united states and also the desgreation of the u.s. armed forces -
by stating that the "seprate but equal" doctrine was unconsittuional -
once jackie robinson had joined the brooklyn dodgers it changed the way that the major league saw colored baseball players -
president truman had signed a the executive order of 9981 which stopped the segreation of the armed forces/military -
because it succesfully challanged the "seperate but equal" doctrine, and the case was influential in the landmark case of brown v. education -
emmitts death brought attention to the civil rights movement because it showed people that racism wouldn't spare children from violence and that black people would never recive fair equal treatment -
when the news spread of rosa parks not giving up her seat fellow african americans leaders began lending their support -
it was the desegreagtion of little rock high school in little rock arknsas -
this was an important piece of legistaltion for the civil rights movement because it estabalished a civil rights section of the justice department and helped empower federal prosectors -
they brought the fight for civil rights to the national stage in greensboro north carolina -
the freedom rider helped inspire a lot of african americans across the the country -
it prohibit any poll taxes in elections for officials -
there was a lot of riots going on outside of the university by angry white people that didn't want james meredith to enroll into an all white school , so it became important when the school allowed for him to attend school -
the president of the united states had sent federal national guard troops to the university of alabama to force desegegration -
the march had 250,000 americans that got together to protest against racial discrimination and it also allowed for them to show support for civil rights legislation -
the assassination of president kennedy was considered a major turning point in america because the nation had lost a great leader -
malcom x argued for black power,black self-defense , and black economic autonomy and racial pride -
this legislation is imporatnt because it outlawed dicrimnatory voting practices that were adopted in many southern states -
the death of martin luther king jr. energized the black power movement but also people began to lose the unity and direction that king had givien it -
during 1968 president johnson passes the voting right act that wouldn't allow discrimination based on sale,rental, or financal of housing