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Plessy v. Ferguson
The landmark legalization of segregation in America in 1896 -
Jackie Robinson
a major breakthrough of the color line in sports occurred when Jackie Robinson, a 28-year-old African-American ballplayer and war veteran, was brought up from the minor leagues to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers. -
Integration of armed forces
This executive order abolished discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion or national origin in the Armed Forces, and led to the end of segregation. -
Brown v. Bored of education
case Where the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional. -
Death of Emmit Till
Inhumane hatred of another race that Emmit Till a young man was beaten until he unrecognizable than shot. sad and unjustifiable -
bus boycott
civil rights protest where African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery Alabama to protest segregated seating. -
Integration of little rock high
nine teens came to be known as the little rock nine were to be the first African American students to enter Little Rock High School. -
civil rights act
Act to stop discrimination for voters for religion race or nationality. -
Greensboro Sit-in
African Americans sat in at white diners to protest discrimination -
Freedom Riders 1961
Freedom riders rode buses through the racist states -
24th Amendment
The Twenty-fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax. -
Alabama Integration
President John F. Kennedy federalized National Guard troops and deployed them to the University of Alabama to force its desegregation. -
MLK speech
The Martin Luther King speech in Washington was the greatest and biggest turning point in history -
Mississippi University Integration
riots erupted on the campus of the University of Mississippi in Oxford where locals, students, and committed segregationists had gathered to protest the enrollment of James Meredith. -
Assassination of JFK
John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas -
Civil Rights Act President Johnson
law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin. -
The Assassination of Malcolm X
On February 21, 1965, while giving a speech in Harlem, the 39-year old Malcolm X was assassinated by rival Black Muslims. -
MLK Jr Assassination
King’s assassination led to an outpouring of anger among young African Americans, as well as a period of national mourning. -
voting Rights Act
expanded on previous acts and prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin.