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  • Brown vs board of education

    Brown vs board of education

    A decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that racial segregation in school is unconstitutional. After that browns were allowed to go to school with everyone. Except over 38,000 teachers lost there jobs.
  • Emmet Till

    Emmet Till

    14 year old boy from Chicago, accused of whistling at a white women. Ray Bryant and JW Milan linched Emmet and killed him.
  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks

    Was riding on the bus and refused to give up her seat. She was taken to jail. The busses were boycotted.
  • Southern Christian leadership

    Southern Christian leadership

    Started after the bus boycott. Martin Luther King was president of the group.
  • Little Rock Nine

    Little Rock Nine

    Was to test the brown vs board of education decision. Nine students were vetted to undergo this test. Schools were closed for a year.
  • Student nonviolent coordinating committee

    Student nonviolent coordinating committee

    Youth group remained fiercely independent of MLK and SCLC. Would work together in the March Selma.
  • Greensboro NC

    Greensboro NC

    4 students sat down at lunch table. They were refused service. Later protested with others.
  • Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders

    2 weeks bus trip to the south to deliberate Jim Crows laws. They were organized by CORE. The bus wasn’t burned by the KKK and once the freedom riders escaped the burning bus they were beaten by the KKK.
  • March on Washington

    March on Washington

    Over 25,000 people were attended at the Lincoln memorial. MLK gave his famous “I have a dream” speech.
  • Civil Rights Act of 64

    Civil Rights Act of 64

    This Act forbids unions to discriminate: race, sex, color, religion doesn’t matter.
  • March on Selma

    March on Selma

    600 people marched from Selma to Montgomery to get voting rights. They marched 54 miles and stopped at the bridge, it was also broadcasted on TV.
  • Voting Right Act of 95

    Voting Right Act of 95

    One of the most comprehensive pieces of legislation in U.S. history. Blacks were registering to vote and being elected to public office.

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