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A landmark supreme court case, where the court ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation were unconstitutional. -
Emmett Till, a fourteen year old african american boy, was brutally murdered for talking "fresh" to a white woman. This sparked rage in the nation, opening the eyes to many. -
Rosa Parks decided one day to sit down in the 'White Only' seat on the bus. When asked to give up the seat, she refused, causing her to be arrested. After word got out of her arrest, people began to boycott the train and bus services, and taking riding to POC taxi drivers. -
The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students who enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. After their enrollment, the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by the governor of Arkansas . -
The Greensboro Woolworth's Sit-in, was when young african americans staged a sit-in at the segregated Woolworth's lunch counter. This form of protest soon moved to the South. -
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated South. -
When MLK was sent to Birmingham jail, he wrote a letter demanding change with segregation. -
The purpose of this march was to advocate for the civil and economic rights for african americans. -
The bombing at Birmingham Baptist Church, was a white supremacy terrorist bombing, where four girls were killed. -
The House passed the 24th amendment outlawing poll tax as a voting requirement in federal elections. -
The Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. It strengthen the enforcement of voting rights and the desegregation of schools. -
The Selma Montgomery Marches were three protest marches, along the 54 mile highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery. The protesters faced violence from people opposing the marches. -
a important piece of federal legislation in the US the prohibits racial discrimination in voting. -
A landmark civil rights decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that laws banning interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses.