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Brown vs. Board of Education
This court case was brought up by a father who claimed it was NOT equal for him to have to walk a long way everyday to take his child to a black school when there was a school so close to his home. The court concluded by outlawing segregation in schools. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
After Rosa parks was arrested for refusing to stand on a bus, black civilians stopped using the bus for transport. This made the bus company go broke since black Americans made up most of their customers. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to give her seat on the bus to a white man. This began the Bus Boycotts ran by MLK. -
Emmett Tills Murder
Emmett Till was a 14 year old boy who was accused by a store owners wife of flirting with her, in response to this the owner, and other men he gathered, found Emmett, beat him to the point he was unrecognizable, before killing him. -
The Greensboro Sit-ins
Black students would go into establishments that were know to be racist and not serve POC. This made customers of these places unable to find a seat, or avoid being around POC, making the place basically unable to make money unless they served the POC. -
Freedom Rides
From May 4th- December 10th, The Freedom rider rode buses to segregated southern states, only seeing violence for the 1st time in Rock Hill, NC. -
Assassination of Malcom X
While delivering a speech, Malcom X was ambushed and shot while his wife and child were in the audience, the men who shot him were later convicted. -
March From Selma
MLK led a large group of both, white, and black, citizens into Montgomery, protesting for the process to register to vote be fair for black people. -
Murder of MLK Jr.
Martin Luther king Jr. is shot dead while standing on his balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. -
Fair Housing Act
This act was signed by President Lyndon Johnson, making it illegal to discriminate The buying, selling, or renting of a house towards a person of color. -
Hank Arons Homerun record
Hank Arons makes 755 home runs between the years of 1954-73. He was only beat in 2007 by a player using performance enhancing drugs.