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Brown vs Board of Education
The brown vs Board of Education was a trial about a black girl not being accepted into a elementary school -
Martin Luther King
Martin Luther king was well known for his civil rights movement and his speech. -
Murder of Emmit Till
Emmit Till was a 14 year old African boy who was lynched after being accused of offending a white girl in a grocery store. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was well known for refusing to give up her seat to a white man also known as the Montgomery bus boycott. -
Little Rock nine
9 African american students who were originally not allowed to enter a school. -
Civil Rights act 1957
Allowed black people to vote -
Greensborough sit-in
Black students refused to move from a cafe after being refused service. -
James Meredith
First Black person to be admitted to the racially segregated university of Mississippi. -
Birmingham Riots 1963
Riots after the bombings of African Americans -
March on Washington
A march in Washington to improve the rights of African Americans. -
Civil Rights Act 1964
An act by the 88th united states congress -
Mississippi civil rights workers murders
The murder of 3 civil rights activists.
