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the kkk a anti black assocation that was very violent at the peak had over 4oo,ooo,ooo members
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The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson upheld an 1890 Louisiana statute mandating racially segregated but equal railroad cars.s
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded
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the u.s supreme cort unaminisly vote that the the segragation of schools in Topeka, Kansas was unconstetutional. this over turned the 1896 plessy v. firguson ruleing seperat but equal.
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while visiting family in mississippy emit till a 14 year-old was beaten shote and bumped in to the Tallahatchie River for allegedly whistling at a white woman.
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rosa parks was sitting on a bus on dec 1 1955 a white man came on the bus and asked fro her seat she refused to move an dwaas arested
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mlk the leader of the mia started the the bus boycott of Montgomery was started the black comunity didnt ride the bus
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mlk, charels steel, and Fred L. Shuttlesworth started the sclc latter beacame a major player in the civil rights movment speerheaded by marten luther king jr
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a formanaly all white hight school central little rock, nine black students were sent there but when they arived they were blocked out orders of the govener Orval Fabus.
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Medgar Evers was a 34 year old was murderd out side his home in1963 in jackson mississippy. Byron De La Beckwith was tried 2 and ended up with a hung jury 30 yaers latter was convictide of the murder of Medgar Evers.
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James Meredith became the first black student at mississippy university. there was riots and violents sorronding this john f. kennedy sent over 5,00 federal troops to help stop the riots