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Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
Declaring that segregation was unconstitutional in schools. It paved the way to protest against segregation and other aspects of life -
Emmett Till's murder
Emmett Till was brutally murdered for supposivly whisteling at a passing white women. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refuseses to give up her bus seat to a white passanger. -
The Southern Christian Leadership Confrence(SCLC)
The Sothern Christian Leadership Conference was founded in this time by Charles K Steele, Fred L Shuttlesworth, and Martin Luther King -
Little Rock Nine
Nine students are blocked from using a colledge. Then riots broke out and federal troops had to stop it. -
Student sit in
Four black students in Greensboro, NC begin a sit-in at a segregated diner. -
James Meredith
James Meredith becomes the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi. 5000 federal troops are needed to stop the rioting -
Martin Luther King is arrested
Martin Luther King is arrested for protesting without a perment -
March on Washington
Attended by 250,000 people, this is were Martin Luther King says his famous speach "I have a dream" -
Church Bombing
4 black girls are killed by a bomb at their local church. Riots break out and 2 other black youth men died in the riots. -
Civil Rights Act
President Johnson sights the Civil Rights Act. It prohibits discrimination against race, color, religon, and national origin. -
Malcom X
Founder of the organization of Afro-American unity was assassinated -
Black Panthers
Blak Panthers are founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale -
Riots
Major riots take place in Newark and Detroite -
Assassination of Martin Luther King
The leader of the anti-segregation protesters was shot and murdered on this day.