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Plessy v. Ferguson
Case which created segregation. Made the phrase seperate but equal. -
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Civil Rights Movement
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Brown v. Board of Education
Disolved segregation and made integration. -
Emmet Till
Black boy who was lynched for whistleing at a white woman -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
After Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man she was arrested. This caused a boycott by African-Americans. -
Little Rock Nine
Nine black students attended an all white school. This caused severe community backlash. -
1957 Civil Rights Act
All Americans could exercise their right to vote. -
Freedom Rides
When civil rights activists rode interstate busses where segregation was enforced. -
James Merideth
First Black man to go to an all white college. -
JFK Assassination
President and civil rights activist John F. Kennedy is assassinated during a parade. -
24th Amendment
Prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax. -
Civil rights act of 1964
Ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public -
Malcolm X Assassination
Civil rights leader Malcolm X is assassinated before giving a speech. -
Selma to Montgomery Marches
Several civil rights marches. The first ended in police attacking protestors with hoses, batons, tear gas, and police dogs. -
Voting Rights act of 1965
Act that outlawed all Jim Crowe laws placed in the south. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination
Pastor and civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated while leaving his motel room. -
Civil Rights act of 1968
Provided for equal housing opportunities regardless of race, creed, or national origin -
RFK Assassination
US senetor and civil rights activist Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated after a press conference in a hotel.
