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Plessy vs. Ferguson
This is a mjor landmark for the United States Supreme Court in regards to racial equaloty. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
A major court case that ended legal segregation in public schools. -
Emmit Til
A 14-year old African American boy who was brutally killed for allegedly flirting with a black woman. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Major civil rights events started by the arrest of Rosa Parks -
Little Rock Nine
The little rock nine were a group of African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School, a racialy segregated school in the south. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Bill passed in 1957 that led to the intergration of ublic schools. -
Freedom Rides
A group of civil rights activists who rode into the segregated south to challenge the injustice in the Irene Morgan v. Commonwealth of Virginia (1946) and Boynton v. Virginia (1960). -
JFK Assassination
This is the day that John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in all forms including housing, work, and voting. -
24th Amendment
Law that prohibited congressmen to vote in election concerning poll taxes. -
Assassination of Malcom X
This idate marks the assassination of a major civil rights activist. His autobiography is considered a major work of the 20th century. -
Selma to Montgomery March
African American march to the capital of Alabama. This marked the tipping point in the American Civil Rights Movement. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Major American legislature that prohibited racial descrimination when in voting. -
James Meredith
Civil rights writer and political advisor that put preassure on the Kennedy administration to enforce civil rights for African Americans. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
This marks the day that well-known civil rights activist and pastor Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by Loyd Jowers. -
RFK Assassination
This marks the day that Robert F. Kenedy (brother to the president John F. Kenedy) was assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Legeslation passed in 1968 that provided equal housing opportunities from all races.
