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Plessy v. Ferguson
Seperate but equal Resulted in Jim crow laws. Jim crow laws were any laws seperating white and blacks. Seperate schools and restaurants.
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Executive Order 9981
President Truman signed the executive order No. 9981 on July 26 1948. This Order stated that there would no longer be segregation in the armed forces. "It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin." -
Brown v. Board of Eduation
Linda Brown wanted her child to attend an all white school because the nearest black school was a far ways away. Thurgood Mrshall was her lawyer. He was appointed by the NAACP. Linda wins. Result being intergrated schools.
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Emmit Till's death.
Emmit Till was tortured, killed, and murdered for hitting on a white woman in a convienient store. The two men that slaughtered him were found innocent even though they were obviously guilty.
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
After Rosa Parks got arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a black man, Martin Luthor King Jr. choose to lead a boycott that involved all black people refusing to ride on the buses. In return they integrated the buses.
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SCLC
From January to February MLK and a few others created the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference). MLK was voted as the first president. The SCLC becomes a huge part in organizing the civil rights movement and bases its principles on nonviolence and "civil disobedience". -
Woolworth Lunch Counter Sit-In
Black people sat in at a segregated lunch counter. In turn, they got beat, spit on, stuff pored all over them, cused out, and food thrown at them. But the black people did what they practiced and stayed non-violent thrroughout the whole time.
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SNCC
SNCC or (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Comittee) played a big part in the Freedom Rides aimed at desegregating buses and in the marches organized by MLK and SCLC. Under the leadership of James Forman, Bob Moses, and Marion Barry, the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee also directed much of the black voter registration drives in the South. -
James Meredith
In Oxford, Mississippi, James H. Meredith was escorted onto the University of Mississippi campus by U.S. Marshals, that set off a crazy riot. Two men were killed before more than 3,000 federal soldiers stopped the violence. The next day, Meredith successfully enrolled and began to attend classes at U.O.M. -
MLK's "I Had A Dream" Speech
On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., Martin Luther King, Jr., speaks to about 250,000 people attending the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The people–black and white, poor and rich–came together in the nation’s capital to demand voting rights and equal opportunity for African Americans. -
Birmingham Bombing
In birmingham, localists set off home-made bombs in 16th Street Baptist Church. 4 young grils by the names of Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson, and Denise Mcnair. Ten-year-old Sarah Collins lost her eye in the tragedy and more than 20 other people were injured. -
JFK's Assasination
JFK was assasinated around noon on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. THe Civil Rights Movement was passed as a way to honor JFK. His death sparked the need for racial equality. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
President Johnson sigmed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on July 2nd.This act "ended" segregation in public places and banned "employment discrimination" on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. It is considered one of the most memorable moments of the Civil rights act. First proposed by President John F. Kennedy, it lasted even though most people in the south tryed to stop it. -
Bloody Sunday
On Sunday, March 7, 1965, the protest march to Selma took place with John Lewis and other SNCC and SCLC people being the leaders. There were six hundred people ready to start the march from Selma to montgomery. They started but when they got to Edmund Pettus Bridge they were confronted with a road block the Alabama State troopers had set up to stop them. When the black people refused to turn around and leave, they beat them with huge clubs and caused over 50 people to be hospitalized. -
Assassination of MLK
The great leader, known as Martin Luthor King Jr. was assassinated on April 4 a968. He was shot by a sniper while on the balcony of his motel. His death led to riots in 120 cities.
