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Plessy V Ferguson
Plessy V Ferguson dealt with racial segreagation in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal". To enforce this law the president sent in the national guard to protect black students entering the schools. -
NAACP
NAACP stands for National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. This was a black civil rights organization in the US. Mary White Ovington created it. Ovington made this organization have the same goals of the civil rights movement. -
Brown V Board
In this case the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students. This was not enforced enough to be affective right away. -
Emmett Till Murder
Emmett was a 14 year old boy who had reportedly flirted with a white woman. This occurred in Money, Mississippi. A few days after this, two white men kidnapped and shot Emmett. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
MLK jr. created a bus boycott in 1955, that contained a chain of similar boycotts in the southern states. Finally The Supreme Court voted to end segregated on busing in 1965. -
Crisis in Little Rock
This was when black students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school. President Eisenhower had to enforece this in sothern states. -
Sit In's
In North Carolina, four students sat in an all white lunch counter and sked to be served. This lead to a great amount of students to do sit-ins and protests that flash like fire across the South. -
The Freedom Riders
White and Black activists took regular non charter buses into segregated southern areas. Along with this event, things like the decisions of Irene Morgan V. Commonwealth of Virginia in 1946 became very popular. This was also important decision leading the riders troubles. -
Integration of Ole Miss
Many riots began to break out at Ole Miss in Oxford. Here is where locals, students, and committed segregationists had gathered to protest the enrollment of James Meredith, a black Air Force veteran attempting to integrate the all-white school. -
Civil Rights Act
Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. This law ended segregation and banned employment discrimination.
