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Plessy V. Ferguson Case
Supreme court ruled that the "separate but equal" law did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment, which gave Americans equal treatment under the law. -
Brown V. Board of Education Case
The Supreme court ruled that school are not to be segregated because it was in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause. -
Emmett Till
Emmett Till was a 14 year old African American boy who was brutally beaten to death by 2 white men because Emmett was accused of flirting with a white woman while visiting Mississippi. -
Freedom Riders
A bus full of white and African American civil rights activists were attacked by violent white protesters outside Anniston, Alabama.
