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Brown v. Board of Education
This happened because a black parents kid couldn't go to a white school and she said it violated the 14 ammendment. As result this endded up going to the suprem court and blacks could now go to white schools. -
George Lee Killed
The rev. Goarge Lee killed for leading voter-regastration drive -
Lamar Smith Murdered
Lamar Smith murdered for organizing black voters -
Emmett Louis Till Killed
Killed for speaking ro white woman -
John Eral Reese Killed
Killed by nightriders opposed to school improvements -
Rosa Parks Aressted
As she was going home from a day of work she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white person. Due to this she got arrested. This caused a 381 day bus boycott. Also led suprem court to banning segrigaton on public transportation. -
Bus Boycott
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Banning of segragaiton on bussing
Supreme court bans segragaion on seating on Montgomery Buses -
Willie Edwards jr. Killed
Willie Edwards jr. killed by Klansmen -
Cival Rights Act 1957
This law passed by Eisenhower gave blacks the right to have court injunctions and to have the right to vote -
Little Rock
Governer tried to make it so that blacks counldn't enroll at the schools because they where whites only. The students got in at first but rushed home soon after of the first day due to escalating mobs. Then president eisenhower had army troops protect blacks that went to that school for the year. -
Mack Charles Parker Linched
Mack Charles Parker taken from jail and then lynched -
Black students have sit-in
black students stage si-in at "whites only" lunch counter -
Suprem court out laws segragation
Supreme court outlaws segragation in bus terrninals -
Freedom Rider Attacted
They rode busses and tries to only use Whites only things. Such as bathroons lunch counters. This was only african americans no whites. -
Harper Lee Killed
Harper Lee Voter registration worker killed -
Voter registration drive
Cival rights groups join forces to promote voter registration drive -
CPR. Roman Ducksworth JR. Killed
CPR Roman Duckswork taken from bus and killed by police -
James Meredith
Many riots broke out resulting in 2 people dead hundred hurt and many aressted. Government had to calm down riots. -
French Reporter killed during ole miss riots
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William Lewis Moore Slain
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Birmingham police attack marching children with dogs and fire hoses
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Govner George Wallance stands in schoolhouse door to stop university intigration
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Medgar Evers Assassinated
He was a soilder that took action in the normandy invasion during WWII. He also helped incourage other blacks in his home state to vote. -
March on Washington
The porpose was to stop inequality from political and racial problems. The famouse speech that happened was "I have a Dream" by Martin Luther King JR. -
School Girls Killed in Bombing
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Vigral Lamar Ware Killed
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Poll Tax Outlawed in Federal Elections
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Louis Allen witnessed murder of cival rights worker
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Bruce Klunder Killed
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Henry Dee and Charles Moore Killed by Klansmen
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Freedom summer bringd 1,000 cival rights workers
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Cival Rights Workerworkers Killed Abducted and Slain
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Cival Rights Act
Outlawed Segregation in theaters, Restraunts, Hotels. Lyondon Johnson Passed it a few hours after bing in office. -
Col. Lemuel Penn Killed by Klansmen
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Cival Rights Marcher Killed by state marcher
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State Troops Beat Black Marchers
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March Volenter Beaten to Death
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March to Selma
This was orginized because even after Cival Rights act voting was still not fair. They had chalenges such as volent restance from state troopers. As result more black voters were able to vote. -
Viola Gregg Liuzzo killed by klansmen
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Black Deputy Killed
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Congress Passes voting rights act
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Willie Brewster Killed
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Jonathan Daniels Killed
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Samuel Younger Killed
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Vernon Damer Killed
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Ben White Killed
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Clarence Triggs Slain by nightriders
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Wharlest Jackson Killed
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Benjamin Brown Killed
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First Black Supreme court Justice
He was a lawyer and fought and won agains maraland school. And i do think this diserves a momoral because this is a great event. -
Students Killed when highway fire
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Martin Luther King Jr. Killed
Over the past years he was building up and helping fight cival rights which made many white people unhappy. This was a big impact for both whites and blacks because one was hurt and one secseded
