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On August 28, 1963, in Washington D.C organized by civil right and labor leaders including Martin Luther king Jr., A Philip Randolph Bayard Rustin and John Lewis. The event aimed to advocate for civil rights economic justice and an end to racial segregation in the u.s. it was during this march that Martin Luther king Jr. Delivered his iconic “I have a Dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, calling for racial equality and justice
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Brown vs Board of Education was a landmark 1954 U.S Supreme Court case that declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional. The case led by Oliver Brown, challenged the “ Separate but equal” doctrine established by plessy v. Ferguson (1896), which allowed segregation as long as facilities were equal. This ruling overturned plessy v Ferguson and marked a major victory for the civil rights movement.
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On December 1, 1955 in Montgomery Alabama Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to s white man on a segregated bus. At the time, Montgomerys bus system, like many public facilities in the South was segregated. Martin Luther king Jr. Organized the Montgomery bus boycott on December 5 1955. The boycott wad a call for. Black residents of Montgomery to refuse to ride the segregated busses in protest of parks arrest and the unfair treatment of Black passengers.
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The murder of Emmett till is one of the most significant and tragic events in the history of the Civil Rights Movement. Till a 14 year old African American Boy from Chicago, was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 after being accused of offending a white woman. His brutal killing and the subsequent trial of the two white men involved brought national attention to the racial violence and injustice faced by Black Americans in the South.
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The SCLC was an organization linked to the black churches. 60 Black ministers were pivotal in organizing civil rights activism. Martin Luther King Jr was elected president. They forced its non violent strategy on citizenship schools and efforts to desegregate individuals cities. It played key roles in the March on Washington in 1963 and the Selma voting rights campaign and march to Montgomery in 1965