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Jim Crow Laws
They were laws for segregation. They came about in the Plessy vs. Ferguson trial. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChWXyeUTKg8 -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Lead to Jim Crow Laws by saying everything is seperate but equal. This case was about race segregation in public areas. The vote was 7 to 1. -
Thurgood Marshall
He was a lawyer fighting agian segregation. One of his most famous cases was the Brown vs. Board of Education. He was know very well for standing agaist segregation in the court of law. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UtxSIXr5yM -
Brown vs. Board of Education
A black mother wanted to send her daughter to a whiteschool that was less than 2 miles away. Instead the mother was told to send her daughter to a black school that was a 10 mile walk. The mother then faught it, and desegregated schools. -
Emmett Till
A 14 year old chicago boy went to Mississippi, while visiting he went to a store where he was reportedly flirting with a white wife of the store owner. Later the husband beat, hung, and killed him, leaving his body in the river. The mother made the funeral open casket to let others see how her son was treated by a white man. -
Mose Wright
He was the uncle of Emmit Till, and stood up in a court full of white men, and pointed out the man that kidnapped and killed his nephew At this time is was bad for a black man to stand against a white, but worse to point out a specific person. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
He was one of the main images for the civil rights movement. He believed in peaceful protest, and got this idea from Gandi. He was arrested 29 times during the Civil Rights Movement. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
After the Rosa Parks incident, mostly black people boycotted the buses. They carpool or walked for 11 months. Eventually the bus companies realized they were losing money and desegregate buses. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZhSNiTQuqo -
Rosa Parks
This elderly women was asked to get out of her seat that was in the middle/back of the bus. When she refused because the white man couldv'e sat on the left side of her, she was arrested. This started a boycott on busses, everyone against segregation on buses, carpooled or walk. -
Little Rock Nine
The little rock nine was the first nine black students to go to an all white school. They we first bullied and blocked out of the school by the Arkansas National Guard. President Kennedy heard about the incident and sent in the US National Guard in to escort each of the nine to their classes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oodolEmUg2g -
Greensboro Four
four black freshmen at North Carolina A&T State University, took seats at the segregated resteraunt. They were refused service and sat peacefully until the store closed, like they were told by MLK. No arrest were made. The next day the 4 returned with 21 other students, and were denied. Again, no arrest were made. -
James Meredith
He was the first black student to enroll at a Mississippi college. Withing this one student, it cause outrage and riots. President Kennedy then had to also send in 5,000 frederal troops there too. -
Bull Connor
He was a white polititian worth alot of money, in Alabama. He was fore racial segregation, and was very adimit about it. He direct the use of fire hoses and police dogs on civil right activist. -
"I Had A Dream" Speech
After Kennedy proposed the Civil Right Laws. over 200,000 people gathers at the white house. They heard a speech from MLK called "I Have A Dream". The speech empowered people, and made Kennedy realize that all of this was non violent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vDWWy4CMhE -
Fair Housing Act
Prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin and sex. This was the complete end to the Jim Crow Laws.
