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A group of people working together to get rid of segregation and discrimination against anything rascist. So basically they were against segregation and wanted to make everyone equal under any subject you could think of.
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A group of students in chicago providing support for Martin Luther king during the Montgomery bus boycott. He worked with them for a while for support.
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This ended racial segregation in the military. president truman issued executive orders 9980 and 9981. -
Emmit Till was a black kid from chicago, he was brutally murdered for flirting with a white woman. Back then African American men were not allowed to flirt or make eye contact with white women. He was thrown into a river after the men practically ripped his whole body apart.
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The 1954 decision the made black and white students equal.
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Civil rights lawyer, he used courts to fight Jim Crow to get rid of segregation. He was the United States first African American Supreme court justice. He is best known for his Brown vs. Board of education case. It was declared separate but equal. https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/civil-rights-leaders/thurgood-marshall -
He was a distinguished world war 2 veteran and part of a pioneering civil rights movement leader. -
Rosa Parks is an African American civil rights activist. She refused to give up her seat, and was later arrested and became an inspiration for many people. She started what was known as the bus boycott. People would refuse to ride the bus until all seats on the bus were equal to all and there was no such thing as black and white seating.
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381 days long the bus boycott made congress say the segragation on busses uneccesary.
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This group was created to coordinate the movement of local protest groups in the south. Their leader was Martin Luther King, they had support from black churches and many other people.
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A group of African American kids who signed up for an all white school as a part of the Brown vs Board of education, a landmark 1954 supreme court ruling that declared education which includes Thurgood Marshall. They were blocked by guards and not allowed to enter the white only school. The president then let the little rock nine group into the school with their own escort, this drew a lot of public attention. https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/central-high-school-integration -
He was an African American leader in the civil rights movement, minister and supporter of black nationalism. -
origanated the black nationalism rallying slogen, Black power. -
At the age of 6 Ruby was the first African American student to integrate into an elementary school in the south. Her birth year conceded with the US supreme court landmarks ruling in Brown vs. Board of education, which later ended segregation in public schools.
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A group of kids at their lunch table waiting for their food after the lunch ladies refused to serve them, many students joined in the protest. This started a movement and many students around the south were joining in and it went all over the media.
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This is protests that ended the policy of segregation in stores from the southern US https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/greensboro-sit-ins-1960/ -
Freedom Riders were groups of white and African American civil rights activists who participated in Freedom Rides, bus trips through the American South in 1961 to protest segregated bus terminals. https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/freedom-rides#:~:text=Freedom%20Riders%20were%20groups%20of,to%20protest%20segregated%20bus%20terminals. -
During the civil rights movement he was the sit in, and responsible for the student civil activists. -
On 2 May more than 1,000 African American students attempted to march into downtown Birmingham, and hundreds were arrested. https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/birmingham-campaign -
They were a political organization founded in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. They protested against police cruelty towards African americans. They dressed in black berets and black leather jackets.
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He gave a big speech that was fighting for black lives. -
I think that Dr. Luther King's speech was the most effective. His speech changed many peoples lives and was a great change for society. This event was talking about black Americans and ending segregation. An estimated 250,000 people listened to him I have a dream speech. overall this was the best event that happened during the civil rights movement. -
The Birmingham church bombing occurred on September 15, 1963, when a bomb exploded before Sunday morning services
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250,000 people gatherd in front of the lincon memorial to protest there rights.
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Freedom summer increased the number of registered black voters in Mississippi. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. So basically doesn't allow any racist comments among anyone of any color. -
Birmingham church was bombed. Inside were African American little girls going to church who were killed, and severely injured. -
An act signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson. It outlawed the discriminations against voting practices in the southern states after the civil war. -
The watts riot was a riot that broke out in mainly the blakc neighborhoods of watts in los angeles. It lasted six days and 34 people died. 1032 injuries, 4,000 arrests. 40 million dollars worth of damage was done. It all started as one person got arrested then a crowd came and many people jumped in and everyone was fighting and getting hurt.
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He tried to put pressure of the Kennedy program to enforce civil rights for African Americans. -
they founded the black panther party which black power organizations. -
Martin Luther King announced a poor people's campaign, it was a march of 2,000 poor people going to the government to demand jobs, with minimum wage and education for poor adults and children designed to improve their self esteems. https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/poor-peoples-campaign
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Martin Luther king was shot dead while standing on a 2nd floor balcony in a motel. He was there for a march on the following monday. It had a huge effect on many lives and tons of people were greatly devastated.
https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/assassination-martin-luther-king-jr