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Brown v Board of education
In this case the father of eight year old Linda Brown had charged the Topeka board of education with violating lindas rights by denying her access to an all white school 4 blocks from her house, while the nearest black school was 21 blocks away from her house. In a landmark victory, the supreme court unanimously struck down segregation of schooling, as it was an unconstitutional violation of the fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause. -
Little Rock 9
The Little Rock 9 were a group of colored students that volunteered to integrate Little Rock's Central High School. Initially they were turned away by Governor Orval Faubus. He got the National Guard to help turn them away. A federal judge ordered Faubus to let them into the school. President Eisenhower then placed the national guard under federal control and ordered 1000 soldiers into Little Rock. Under the watch of soldiers, the nine students attended class in the school -
MLK vs Malcolm X,
MLK and Malcolm X were very prominent figures in African American history. they had very different veiws on how to achieve equality. MLK was Christian and was nonviolent. even when he was physically attacked, he never fought back. Malcolm X was a muslim and his famous line was “by any means necessary” he believed in fighting back physically. -
March on Washington
On August 28,1963 over 250,000 people, including around 75,000 whites, converged to the nation's capital and marched to the Lincoln Memorial. there, they listened to speakers demand the immediate passage of the civil rights bill.