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Plessy vs. Furgouson
From April 13, 1896 - April 18, 1896 -
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Civil Rights Movement
Everything that is happening concerning racial equality, and racial justice. -
Brown v. Board
Brown v. Board was a court case to end the segregation in schools. The court ordered desegregation the next year “with all deliberate speed.” -
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Space Race
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Vietnam War
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Rosa Parks bus Protesting
Rosa Parks disobeyed the bus driver when he told her to give up her seat in the “white” section of the bus -
Little Rock Nine
Nine black girls joined a segregated school. -
Jim Crow Laws
Was going on from 1880s-1960s. Affected voting rights of the Black Americans. Many southern states found loopholes to contradict this, so many went to jail. -
Greensboro Sit-in
Four Black Americans sat at a white only lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. -
Alabama State Sit-In
Staged sit in at a segregated lunch counter -
John F. Kennedy Becomes President
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Bloody Sunday
600 protests got attacked. -
Freedom Rides
Civil Rights activists who protested by riding desegregated buses into the segregated south and used the opposite race’s facilities. -
Housing Act of 1961
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Children’s Crusade
March to protest but children were the main group of marchers to have a stronger impact. The government used fire hoses and dogs to stop the protest. -
March On Washington
Marching to protest for jobs, voting rights, and desegregation. Martin Luther King Jr. gave the famous “I Have. A Dream Speech” that inspired millions of people. -
Kennedy Assassination
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Lyndon B. Johnson Becomes President
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson passed this act so that there was racial equality for voting. -
Detroit Riot
Went from July 23, 1967-July 27, 1967