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Brown v. Board of Education
Linda Brown an African American girl was denied admission to her hometown school because she was black, she was told to go to the all black school across town. The supreme court decided that this was unconstitutional and violated the 14th amendment. The result was the supreme court taking major steps to end racial segregation in schools. -
George Lee was killed for leading voters-regestration drive in Baizoni, Mississippi.
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Lamar Smityh was murdered for organizing black voters in Brookhaven, Mississippi.
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Emmett Till was murdered for speking to a white woman in Money, Mississippi.
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John Earl Reese was slain by nightriders opposed to school improvements in Mayflower, Texas.
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Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was a African American woman who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white American. She was arrested for this. On the day she appeared in court the montgomery bus boycott began, it was called to order by the women's political council. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott begins.
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The supreme court bans segerated seatingn on Montgomery Buses.
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killed by klansmen, in montgomery Alabama
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Civil Rights Act of 1957
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Little Rock Arkansas
9 African American students were allowed to go to Central high school in Little Rock Arkansas. There were mobs and the governor called in police to not allow the black kids to enter the school. Eisenhower called in the U.S Army after the troops were removed because the mobs still posed a problem. The us army had to stay at the school the rest of the year to keep the black kids safe. -
Taken from jail and lynched in Poplarville, Mississippi.
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at "whites only" lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Supreme court outlaws segergation in bus terminals.
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Attack of the Freedom Riders
Bus travel remained segregated in much of the south. In 1961 CORE leader James Farmer asked teams of African Americans and whites too go to the south and try to push integration n of bus terminals. The teams that did this became known as freedom riders. -
Liverty, Mississippi.
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Civil rights group join forces to launch voter registration drive.
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Taken from bus and killed by police in Taylorsville, Mississippi.
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French repoter killed duing Ole Miss riot in Oxford, Mississippi.
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James Meredith enrolls at Ole Miss
James was a air force veteran who wanted to enroll at Ole Miss (the University of Mississippi). To spite having legal documents stating that the University must enroll him the governor refused to let him in. Kennedy responded by sending hundreds of troops onto Ole Miss’s campus. This caused a violent riot to break out. That pushed Kennedy to send thousands of troops to the campus to ensure James received a safe education at Ole Miss. -
Slain during one-man march against segregation in Attalla, Alabama.
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Birmingham police attack marching children with dogs and fire hoses.
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Alabama Governor George Wallace stands in schoolhouse door to stop university integration.
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Medgar Evers Assassinated
Medgar Evers was a African American man who fought segregation and racism mainly in Mississippi. He was a field secretary for the NAACP. He became their field secretary when he submitted his application to the university of Mississippi and was rejected because he was black, he then submitted his application to the NAACP as a test case. He helped organize boycotts and he was also involved in getting James Meredith into OIe Mis. He was assassinate bya member of the KKK. -
The March on Washington
The March was to urge congress to pass civil rights acts particularly the civil rights bill of 1964. African Americans from all over came together to march and to protest fair job opportunities for any race. The “I have a Dream” speech was delivered when everyone meet in Washington, by Martin Luther King. -
Schoolgirls killed in bombing of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Youth killed during wave of racist violence in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Poll tax outlawed in federal elections.
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Witness to murder of civil rights worker assassinated in Liberty, Mississippi.
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Bruce was killed while protesting construction of segreated schools, in Cleveland Ohio.
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Henry H Dee and Charles E Moore were killed by klansmen in Meadvill, Mississippi.
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Black deputy killed by nightriders in Varnado, Louisiana.
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Brings 1,000 young civil rights volunteers to Mississippi.
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Civil rights workers abducted and slain by Klansmen in Philadelphia, Mississippi.
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Civil Rights Act of 1964 stated that it was illegal to discriminate against people based on their race, color, religion, sex. or national origin. It put a stop to discrimination and racial prejudice in public facilities such as schools and the workplace. This act was passed by President Johnson when he signed it.
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Killed by Klansmen while driving north in Corbert, Georgia.
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Cilvil tights marcher killed by state trooper in Marion, Alabama.
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March to Selma
The march was organized to help the voting rights movement going on in Selma Alabama. The marchers were actually put in danger when marching because they were getting attacked by the angry white people with powerful hoses and other weapons. Believe it or not many people were killed. The result of the march was thousands completing it, and voting restrictions for many blacks like literacy test were taken away. This allowed many more Blacks to vote. -
Killed by Klansmen in Natchex, Mississippi.
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Slain by nightriders in Bogalusa, Louisiana.
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Congress passes Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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Killed by nightriders in Anniston, Alabama.
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Seminary student killed by deputy in Hayneville, Alabama.
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Student civil rights activist killed in dispute in Tuskegee, Alabama.
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Black community leader killed in Klan bombing in Hattiesberg, Mississippi.
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Civil rights leader killed after promotion to 'white' job in Natchez, Mississippi.
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Civil rights worker killed when police fired on protesters in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Thurgood Marshall was the first black supreme court justice. Before he became a member of the supreme court he was a lawyer who was best known for his actions on the Brown v. the board of education case. This was a monumental event because it was the first time a black person had a high ranked position in U.S government.
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Students killed when highway patrolmen fire on protesters in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
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The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King happened april 4th 1968, when a bullet was shot at him while he was standing outside on his balcony in Memphis Tennessee. Dr. King was rushed to a hospital but he was pronounced dead about an hour later. He died at the age of 39. James Ray was convicted of the murder and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. Dr. Kings death affected so many people not just blacks but whites too, because he was such an inspiration for black equality and justice.
