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The landmark case that led to the end of segregation at the University of Texas Law School and paved the way for the later case of Brown vs. Board of Education -
The case that outlawed the segregation of black passengers in buses traveling across state lines after Sarah Keys Evans refused to give up her seat -
Teenage Emmett Till was accused of catcalling a young white female. When some white men found out about the accusation they abducted, tortured, and murdered the 14-year-old. -
The group was created to fight for the liberties of the civil rights movement but specifically for the desegregation of public transport. -
13-month protest that ended the segregation of public buses. Supreme Court deemed it unconstitutional. -
Group very closely related to the (MIA) group which successfully staged a 381-day boycott of the segregated bus system. -
Nine African American students made their way to Little Rock Highschool, when they arrived they were met by the National Guard and forced to return home. -
was the first federal civil rights legislation passed since the civil rights act of 1875 with the purpose to increase the number of black voters. -
Case that denied the school of little rock to delay the mandate of desegregation for 30 days. -
Non-Violent protests led to the Woolworth department store ending its policy of segregation in its stores. -
protests against the segregation of blacks and whites on public bus transportation. -
The first mass movement to have its goal set on the desegregation of an entire community. -
locals, students, and segregationists gathered and rioted to protest the enrollment of James Meredith for attempting to integrate the all-white school -
led by the Christian Leadership Conference to bring attention to the integration efforts of the African American community in Alabama -
While walking outside to his driveway, he was confronted and killed by a white supremacist in Jackson Mississippi. -
the largest gathering of its time to advocate for the civil and economic rights of the African American community. -
a volunteer campaign in an attempt to gain as many black voters as possible in Mississippi. -
outlawed discriminatory voting practices adopting practices literacy tests as prerequisites to voting for African Americans. -
declared that under the commerce clause, the government could enjoin private business from discrimination. -
During a speech at the Audobon Ballroom in Manhattan, Malcolm was shot and killed as he predicted this would happen after he publicly blamed the Nation of Islam. -
Hundreds gathered to march from Selma to Montgomery. They marched for the effort of African American practicing their constitutional right to vote. -
Legislation signed by Lyndon Johnson. Outlawed previous practices of discrimination in southern states like literacy tests. -
After initiating a march against fear that planned t start in Tennessee and end in Mississippi, the leader of the march James Meredith was shot and killed by a white gunman. -
While standing on his balcony during his stay at Lorraine Hotel, when he was shot by James Earl Ray. -
Enacted rules against discriminatory practices like not permitting a sale or renting property, for any involuntary reason like race or disability. -
Supreme Court upheld the busing programs which aimed to speed up integration in public schools across America. -
First African American candidate for a major political party and the first woman to run for the Democratic party's nomination. -
African American Atlanta Braves player, Hank Aaron, his 715th home run breaking the revered record previously held by Babe Ruth. -
Became the first black woman to deliver a keynote address at a major party convention. -
The court case that deemed that the use of racial quotas in university admissions was unconstitutional.