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Brown vs. Board of Education
Court case against the Supreme court suing them because of schooling segregation -
Murder of Emmett Till
Two men accused of kidnapping and torturing a 14 year old African-American boy were given the verdict of not guilty by an all-white jury. The two men even admitted to the crime later. -
Rosa Parks and Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks refused to sit at the back of the bus, where the black people were supposed to sit. Her actions inspired others to follow her. -
Little Rock Nine
A group of 9 African-American students were permitted into an all white school from which they were initially refused entry into because of racial segregation. -
Civil Rights Act
The first ever civil rights act to be made in American history. -
Greensboro Sit-In
A civil rights protest that occurred in a Woolworth's when a young African-American boy refused to leave after being refused service. -
James Meredith vs. University of Mississippi
James Meredith filed a law suit against Ole Miss for racial discrimination. Eventually, he was permitted into the University of Mississippi through government intervention. -
March on Washington
More than 200, 000 people took part on the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom to pressure the government to initiate a strong civil rights bill. -
Birmingham Riots
A series of activist protests that were met with lash back from the police over a couple of months. -
Mississippi Civil Rights Workers Murders
The murders of Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner, also known as the Mississippi Burning Murders, refers to three activists who were abducted and murdered in Mississippi, in June 1964. -
Civil Rights Act
An act proposed in the United States that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin of any person.