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Brown V. Board
segregation in facilities was due to the plessy v. ferguson case. the segregation in school brought the Brown v. Board case to court ending in segregation in schools being unconstitutional. -
Rev. George Lee
Rev. George Lee killed for leading voter-registration drive. Beizoni, Mississippi -
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith murdered for organizing black voters. Brookhaven, Mississippi -
Emmet Louis Till
Emmet Louis Till murdered for speaking to a white woman. Money, Mississippi -
John Earl Reese
John Earl Reese slain by nightriders opposed to school improvements. Mayflower, Texas -
Rosa parks
Rosa parks refused to give up her seat for a white men and gets arrested. ain the end it leads to a boycot of montgomery buses. -
Montgomery bus
Montgomery bus boycott begins. -
Supreme court ban
Supreme court bans segregated seating on Montgomery buses. Montgomery, Alabama -
Willie Edwards Jr.
Willie Edwards Jr. killed by Klansmen. Montgomery, Alabama -
civil rights sct of 1957
the act was passed by president eisenhower. it stated that all blacks have the right to excersize their right to vote -
Mack Charles Parker
Mack CHarles Parker taken from jail and lynched. Poplarville, Mississippi -
Black students stage
Black students stage sit-in at 'whites only' lunch counter. Greensbero, North Carolina -
Supreme court
Supreme court outlaws segregation in bus terminals -
Attack of the freedom riders
freedom riders attacked alabama though both whites and blacks joined. also testing compliances within bus desegregation laws. -
Herbert Lee
Herbert Lee voter registration worker killed by white legislator. Liberty, Mississippi -
Civil rights groups
Civil rights groups join forces to launch voter registration drive -
Cpl. Roman Ducksworth Jr.
Cpl. Roman Ducksworth Jr. taken from bus and killed by police. Taylorsville, Mississippi -
events at Little Rock
President Eisenhower sent in troops to help the enforce school desegregation even though troops blocked the students from getting in. -
Paul Guimard
Paul Guimard french reporter killed during Ole Misa riot. Oxford, Mississippi -
James Meredith enrolls at ole miss
As James Meredith tries o enrolls at Ole Miss riots break out causing Kennedy to send in 31,000 tropps to enforce rule. -
William Lewis Moore
William Lewis Moore slain during one-man march against segregation. Alabama -
Birmingham police
Birmingham police attack marching children with dogs and tire horses. -
Alabama governer
Alabama governer George Wallace stands in schoolhouse door to stop university integration. -
Medgar Evers Assassination
Medgar Evers was killed by a white supremacist soon after joining the NAACP -
the march on washington
The march on Washington lead to jobs and freedom in thr nations capitol. Once everybody arrived at washington the "I have a dream" speech was given. -
Addie Mae Collins ect.
Addie Mae Collins, Denise Mcnair, Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley. Schoolgirls killed in bombing of sixteen street baptist church. Birmingham, Alabama. -
Virgil Lamar Ware
Virgil Lamar Ware youth killed during wave or racist violence. Birmingham, Alabama -
Poll tax
Poll tax outlawed in federal elections -
Louis Allen
Louis Allen. Witness to murder of civil rights worker assassinated. Liberty, Mississippi. -
The Rev. Bruce Klunder
The Rev. Bruce Klunder killed protesting construction of segregated school. Cleveland, Ohio -
Henery Hezekiah Dee ect,
Henery Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore killed by klansmen. Meadville, Mississippi -
Freedom summer
Freedom summer brings 1,000 young civil rights volunteers to Mississippi -
James Chaney ect.
James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner. civil rughts workers abducted and slain by klansmen. Philadelphia, Mississippi -
civil rights act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed by Lyndon Johnson and it stated that segregation would be ended in public places -
LT. Col. Lemuel Penn
LT. Col. Lemuel Penn killed by klansmen while driving north. Colbert, Georgia -
Jimmie Lee Jackson
Jimmie Lee Jackson civil rights marcher killed by state trooper. Marion, Alabama -
state troopers
state troopers beat back marchers at edmund pettus bridge. Selma, Alabama -
March to selma
Finding a way to help voting rights they started the march to Selma. many riots broke out as he states tried to stop them. -
voting rights
thousands complete the selma to montgomery voting rights march -
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Viola Gregg Liuzzo killed by klansmen while transporting marchers. Selma highway, Alabama -
Oneal Moore
Oneal Moore black deputy killed by nightriders. Varnado, Louisiana -
Congress
Congress passes voting rights act of 1965 -
Willie Brewster
Willie Brewster killed by nightriders. Anniston, Alabama. -
Jonathan Daniels
Jonathan Daniels seminary student killed by deputy. Hayneville, Alabama -
Samuel Younge Jr.
Samuel Younge Jr. student civil rights activist killed in dispute. Tuskegee, Alabama -
Vernon Dahmer
Vernon Dahmer black community leader killed in klann bombing, Hattiesbrag, Mississippi -
Ben Chester White
Ben Chester White killed by klansmen. Natchez, Mississippi -
Clarence Triggs
Clarence Triggs slain by nightriders. Louisiana -
Wharlest Jackson
Wharlest Jackson civil rights leader killed after promotion to 'white' job. Natchez, Mississippi -
Benjamin Brown
Benjamin Brown civil rights worker killed when police tired on protesters. Jackson, Mississippi -
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood MArshall was a lawyer before he was a justice. Him becoming the justice showed people and their veiws were changing. -
Samuel Hammond Jr. ECT.
Samuel Hammond Jr., Deland Middleton, Henry Smith students killed when highway patrolmen fire on protestors. Orangeburg, South Carolina -
The Assassination
MLK Jr. was killed during a parade and died in the hospital shortly after being shot THis brought our nation together to morne.