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NAACP combine 5 cases and take it to the Supreme Court. The court decides the 9-10 to avoid the separate but equal -
In Morry Missouri Emmett was accused of whistling at a white women. 3 days later Roy Byrant and others kidnapped. His eye was detached, ear cut off and barbwire wrapped around his neck, he weighted down by 75 pound cotton gin and then into water -
Rosa was arrested for failing to move seats on the bus. She was fined $10. Mlk and church sent out flyers to boycott the bus system on Dec. 5th buses ran empty for 381 days. -
A meeting of black church pastors to coordinate events for back people. MLK was elected the 1st president, This group used a nonviolent strategy. This group also registered blacks to vote, opposed Vietnam war and better jobs for blacks. -
9 students wanted to go to the white school. The governor of Arkansas call out the national guard to stop them. President Eisenhower calls in 1,200 military men to escort these students from home to class. 1959 all schools fully integrated. -
The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in February to July 1960, primarily in the Woolworth store—now the International Civil Rights Center and Museum -
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States in 1961 -
250,000 people gathered gathered in washing dc peaceful and respectful protest. MLK will give “I have a dream” speech. He was the last speaker of the day. -
Ended the federal gov. To prevent racial discrimination and segregation based on race, color, religion, or natural origin in private businesses or public facilities. -
Malcolm X, an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement, was shot multiple times and died from his wounds in Manhattan, New York City on February 21, 1965 at age 39. -
Black marchers wanted to walk 54 miles to Montgomery to register to vote. At the Edward bridge troopers brutally beat them. -
This act was signed into law on August 6, 1965, by President Lyndon Johnson. It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting. -
Striking sanitation workers protest in Memphis. Went back to the motel and got shot lower right side of his face, with Remington rifle. James Earl Ray sentenced 99 years.