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Brown V Board of Education
Oliver brown went to court to sue the board of education because he felt segregation in public schooling was unconstitutional and violated the equal protection clause from the 14th amendment. brown won the case and the court decided that having separate facilities for different races was unequal. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
African Americans started to negotiate with city leaders to end segregation, and as a way to detest segregation laws, they refused to ride busses until they were unsegregated. martin Luther king jr led this boycott for a year and ended in December of 1956 -
Little Rock 9
nine African American students attended a public school in little rock, Arkansas. most people including the governor did not agree with these terms and the governor sent out the national guard to the school to keep the students out of it. eventually the president, Eisenhower, got involved and sent army troops to help the students and as well federalized the Arkansas national guard -
The Sit In Movement
four students enrolled at the north caorolina agriculturl and techinical college and were denied the ability to order food ffrom the whites only lunch counter and what the students did in retaliation was a sit in protest where they would sit there until they were served. they were, Joseph McNeil, David richmond, Franklin Mclain, Ezell Blair Jr -
Freedom Riders
Due to the souths refusal to intergrate bus terminals, over four hundred civil rights activists decided to protest.they interstate rode buses into segregated areas and as a result they were attacked and beaten and buses were set to fire. thjis movement lasts a little over six months -
Malcom X and The Civil Rights Movement
Malcom X felt the civil rights movement was going to slow and he wanted that to change. he believed in black nationalism. he was a part of the black Muslims of the nation of Islam but did end up breaking ties with them. he criticized the organization and was shot and killed for things hes said. -
Urban Problems And The Black Panthers
African Americans living in urban areas faced heavy poverty, the areas were always overcrowded and dirty, unemployment was high and those who did work still made very little money. a group, the black panthers, started a revolution to end racial oppressions and also wanted control of major institutions in African American communities back