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Brown v. Board of Education
Does the segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race deprive the minority children of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the 14th Amendment? this is the question the court will answer.The Federal Court outlaws seperate but equal stating "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." disbands Seperate but Equal. saying that all schools must desegregate over time. -
Brown V. Board
father of Linda Brwon states that it is unconstitutional to deny his daughter from a all white elementery school that is four blocks away from her home when the black elementery school is across a ghetto were she would have to walk through -
Rosa Parks sparks a movement
Parks refused to obey bus driver James F. Blake's order that she give up her seat in the colored section to a white passenger, after the white section was filled. She became an international icon of resistance to racial segregation. She organized and collaborated with civil rights leaders -
Little Rock 9 go to school
9 black students attempt to go to an all white school. National Guard blocks the entrance so no black students may enter Military was needed to keep the students safe from rioters. this is one of the first schools to be segregated int he south -
the lost year
all four public schools in Little Rock Arkansas were shut down for a year by the town government to prevent desegregation -
The Freedom Rides
James Peck(White activist) and CORE members take two greyhound buses on a trip through the south to test supreme court decision to ban bus segregation. Activists hoped to provoke a voilent response to convince Kennedy administration to enforce laws
the trip begins
Alabama State Line: Rifers brutally beaten with chains and brass nuckles
Mothers Day:Peck and another activist dragged to alle and attacked with pipes only one bus continues.
Anniston Alabama:chased out of town bus set on fire -
Freedom rides Continued
Greyhound refuses to take on the freedom riders anymore. SNCC activists pick up were CORE left off bus driver refuses to take Freedom riders so they occupy white waiting room for 18 hours until Robert Kennedy calls to resolve issue the riders continue. After a grizzly meating in Montgomery with no police intervention causes Federal Marshalls to protect the buses during their journey. Caused ban of segregation in all interstate travel facilities -
Voting Rights Act of 1965 goes into effect
congress passes the act eliminating the literacy test that made many voters inelligable. Allowed federal examiners to enroll voters who had been denied suffrage by local officials.increased the number of African American voters by 50%. African American Voters tripled in the south. -
bibliography
brenamans class
teaching tolerance
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