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Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine. The case stemmed from an 1892 incident in which African American train passenger Homer Plessy refused to sit in a car for African Americans.
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a landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional. the case was really a combination of 5 different cases. Warren stated, "in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place,".
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August 28, 1955, while visiting family in Mississippi, 14-year-old Emmett Till, an African American from Chicago, is murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman. The 2 killers were the woman's husband and her brother. they asked. Emmett to carry a 75-pound cotton gin fan to the Tallahatchie River. they then brutally beat him to death then threw his body into the river. the event gained a lot of media attention because there was an open casket & also the two killers were found innocent.
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Rosa Parks, an African American woman refused to give up her seat at the front of the bus which was reserved for white people, and move to the back of the bus to the colored seats. this took place in Montgomery Alabama and is considered to spark he famous Montgomery bus boycott. She is often referred to as the 'mother of the freedom movement' because of the pivotal role she played
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Nine black students known as the “Little Rock Nine” are blocked from integrating into Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. President Dwight D. Eisenhower eventually sends federal troops to escort the students, however, they continue to be harassed.
