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Civil Rights Movement
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Brown v. Board of education of Topeka
Linda Brown decided to send their daughter to an all-white school near their home in Topeka Kansas. Linda had been denied. Segregation in school was ruled unconstitutional. -
The Montgomery bus boycott
That year a women named Rosa Parks was arrested after refusing to give her seat up on the bus to a white person. African American leaders called their followers to boycott, or refuse to not use publis buses. This had been going on for thirteen months. On November 13, 1956 supreme court thought that law was uncostitutional. This was a social event because The word of this womens arrest had been spread so quickly. -
Pearsall Plan
The General Assembly passed a resolution against supreme courts descision. The resolution claimed that school integration would never work in the state.Pearsall drafted an amendment to the state constitution. The plan allowed schools to close rather than to integrate. This was an economic event cause it allowed this person to have a chance to share his idea. -
Famous Sit-In Greensboro
In Greensboro North Carolina students gathering at a lunch countes in a well known restraunt Woolwoth's. These four students were refused services as so they stayed there until the restraunt closed and returned the next day. This was known as the Greensboro " Coffe Party". This is known as a economic event because of its toll on costomers. -
Greensboro " Coffee Party"
Their was these four students that had attended a Techinical college and they had attended a lunch counter called Woolworth's. They had been refused service and they stayed their until the restraunt had closed. They had came back the next with more African Americans. This had been a social event to show that no matter what race they were they could eat where ever they had wanted too. -
Famous March on Washington
Due to the wide sread protest in Birmingham Civil Rights leaders planned a huge demonstration in Washington D.C. 250,000 people took part in this march. It ended at the Lincolin Memorial and Dr. King gave his Universally known I Have a Dream Speech. This event is a political event becaused it showed that many people want civil rights laws to protect African Americans. -
The Little Rock Nine
Little Rock schools made plans to integrate but African American students were still not welcome in Kansas schools. On September 3rd, Oncal Farbus order the National Guard to not let these students in the school. This occured fro three weekks unitl President Dwight Eisenhower oredered federal troops into little rock. The students were allowed in the school but were escorted for their safety. This was a social event because it was widely known and upset many people. -
The Civil Right Act of 1964
When President John F. Kennedy was assasinated on November 22, 1963 Vise President Lysonn B. Johnson was soon into office. He was a strong supporter of the Civil Rights Legislation. In July he signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This was a economic event because it prevented job desomination, equal pay for equal work. -
Equal Rights Amendment
During the late 1960's women did not have many of the same opprotunities as men did. So when they had gotten paid they only got paid half as much.Manpy women had hoped the constitutional amendment would help end unequal treatment based on sex. Althoguh the equal rights amendment was not approved conngress had passed laws for equal job opprotunities for men and women and as well as equal pay for equal work. This was an economic event because it took time to get equal pay and job opprotunities. -
Voting Rights Act
President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act. This prevented African Americans from having To take literacy test and having other laws that prevented them from voting within weeks the percentage of African Americans that registered to vote jumped 10 percen to 80percent. This was known as a political event because it let African Americans have a voice in how our government was. ruled. -
African Americans and women ran for office and had won.
African americans had took office in state government. 1968 Howard Lee had became the mayor of chapell hill. In the twetieth centry african americans sereved both houses of the general assembly.A woman in 1919 had been appointed to a state office. This was a political event because They had chance for something that they had never done before. -
North Carolina reconized several native american groups.
Native Americans had won better tretmen in form official recognition. They had better opprotunitties and greater freedom and to practice their cultural events and religious traditions. So they had promoted better rights. This was social events on how the native americans had reflected on other peoples rights. -
Swann vs. Mecklenburg
Busing students to different schools became a powerful tool for integration in North Carolina as well as in other states. So they had wanted to make them integrate. This was an economic event because it meant for them to move to different schools as far as transportation. -
The Confederate flag removed
The South Carolina senate compromises a bill that states the confederate flag be removed from the top of the state capital and be placed in a confederate war memorial. This is a political event.
