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plessy v. ferguson
This where "seprate but equal" come into play. where the races could be segragated but they needed to have equal things. It doesn't say what quality the things need to be in so they were not equal. -
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Fight Against Segregation
From the first real case for equality to the federal govenments support for civil rights -
Congress Of Radical Equalty
A national organization that works to help discrimination by things like the freedom rides, and sit-ins. three Activists -
Jackie Robinson
Broke the color barrier in the baseball major legues by being drafted. He faced major discrimination and hate. Played for the Brooklyn Dodgers. -
Sweatt v Pianter
In this Supreme Court case, Sweatter wanted attmitance to the law school in Texas, but was denied due to his color. The court ruled in favor of Sweatt and was attimted into the school. This was 4 years befor the brown case. -
Medgar Evers
He applied to the University of Mississippi Law School in February 1954. After being rejected, he volunteered to help NAACP try to integrate the university with a lawsuit to challenge racial discrimination. While he failed to get in to the law school, Evers managed to raise his profile with the NAACP.He recruited new members for them and joined the fight to get the register to vote.He also led boycotts against segregated companies.
'You can kill a man, but you can't kill an idea.”
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Brown V Board of education
In this a little girl, Brown< challenges the segragation of schools in Texas because she has to walk 27 blocks to the black school compared to the 4 blocks to the whote school. The court ruled in her favor and segregation is schools was deemed unconstitutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
When a respected member of the black community , Rosa Parks, was arrested for not giving up her seat for a white person on the bus, the Black community responded by boycotting the busses which lead to the desegragation of the public transportation system in the south. -
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott
the movement members refused plublic transportation till it was desegragated. -
The Southern Manifesto
In this document, it brings attention to the abuse of states rights that the brown case demonstrated and that the decistion of unsegragate the scool system should be up to the states not the federsl government. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The meeting of 60 black civil rights ministers where Dr. King Jr. was deemed to=he leader of the civil rights movement. They dissuced to next steps to talke agter the bus boycott an the importance of remaining non-violent. -
Little Rock- Central Highschool
The site of "The Little Rock NIne" where the government escorted nine African American children to school when the southern states refused to intergrate their schools. Opposing the National Guard, the president sent paratroopers to protect the children, Their first full day was Sep. 25. -
Greensboro Sit-in
A movement where black teens walked into a white resturant and sat till they were served. In these events, meny teens were arrested, beaten, and insaulted, Starting with only four students, this movement spread and more students went join in the non-violent protest. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Organization that gave the younger black community a voice in the movement. They helped organized alot of the freedom rides and sit-ins. Became one of the huge contributors to the attention the movemovemnt got due to the se of the minors. -
Freedom rides
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James Meredith
James Meredith bioFirst aferican american to attend colledge.he went to an all black univercity in Mississippi. In 1961, he applied to the all-white University of Mississippi. He was admitted, but his admission was taken away when the university discovered his race. Since all public educational institutions had been ordered to desegregate by this time, Meredith filed a suit, and won in court. but the doors were blocked off, and riots broke out, to be stoped by federal force. -
Letter from Birmingham jail
link to acual letter
Even in jail,Martin Luther King refused to give up this fight, and evenn from inside jail, he still compelled the movement to continue and inspire new followers. -
March on Washington
March On Washington Video more than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C. to be able to get jobs. the racial inequaliteis were brought to the forefront of America. this is the rally that the most famous 'I Have A Dream' speach came from. many people proformed, and spoke but MLK Jr. made this already memorable day that much more so. -
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Employment Equality
this is the timespan in which the civil rights leaders were focousing in employment equality to the time it became federal law. -
Bombing of Birmingham Church
a bomb expoloded in front of the Baptist chuch just before services, that many civil rights leaders meet at. the bomb killed four young girls and injured many others. this brought national attention to the issue. this was the third bombing in eleven days.. -
24th Ammendment
Link to actual ammendmentthis ammendment ended the poll tax, so that people no longer had to pay to vote, so even more americans, including the african amercans, could now vote without haveing to pay first. -
mississippi freedom summer
an organized a voter registration drive. The Freedom Summer, comprised of black Mississspians and more than 1,000 white volunteers, faced constant abuse and harrassment from Mississippis population. The KKK and police held orgainazed attacks, arsons, and even the murder of three. despite their efforts,it managed to register only twelve hundred -
Civil Rights Act Passed
Section 703 (a) made it unlawful for an employer to "fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions or privileges or employment, because of such individual's race, color, religion, sex, or national origin." -
Malcom X Assasinated
one of the leading civil rights leaders, a nationlaist, and a religouse man, after leaving islam, the feud between them had only gotton worse until his home was firebombed and one week later, Malcolm X was shot to death by an Islam member while speaking at a rally in New York City. -
Selma to Montgomery march
Video about the marchcivil rights leaders and protesters marched from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery were met with violent resistance by authorities state troopers wielding whips, nightsticks and tear gas rushed the group.the protesters (under the protection of federalized National Guard troops) finally achieved their goal, walking around the clock for three days to reach Montgomery. -
Voting rights act aproved
sourceThis act outlawed teh use of literacy tests and other measures put in place to keep anyone from voting. the act was a long time coming, with the full force of many large civil rights leaders fighting diligently for the right to vote to be made more impactful. -
Black Panthers
a party whose agenda was the revolutionary establishment of real economic, social, and political equality across gender and color lines.The Black Panthers called on African Americans to arm themselves for the liberation struggle.Black Panthers were also being subjected to extreme police harassment, like when two panther members were shot in their beds without provocation. -
Martin Luther King Assasination
sourceHis assassination led to anger among black Americans, as well as national mourning that paved the way for an equal housing bill. Mlk had devoted his life to the cause, and only got to see his dream partilly realized. he paved the wat to prosparity, and did so in the only way that would have worked, nonviolent, and persistant.
