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1964 BCE
the murders of James Chaney,Andrew Goodman, and Merichael Schweitz
Three workers that worked for a huge FBI case. The code name was MIBURN. Its means Mississippi Burning. They took the three guys to the jail because they caught suspicions when they were at the church.They thought they were doing something bad. After seven hours in jail they were released as they raced down the highway they were caught took them to road cut road and was shot to death. The justice Department were charged for violating the civil rights. The seven men was found guilty. -
1963 BCE
Birmingham Church Bombing
The bombing at the church killed four little girls. They were found underneath the basement floor in the restroom. most people were able to evacuate but more than 20 people were injured in the process. Thousands of angry black protesters was outside of the church where they sent the police to break up the protest. They later found out that the FBI had information on the bombing but did not want to approve of the civil rights movement. -
1958 BCE
loving v Virginia case
In 1958 they had felony on miscegenation.They couldn't live in Virginia because it was a black and white couple. They fought to get married to the court and they won the votes with there victory There love was inspiring to love others more equally. -
1957 BCE
The little rock nine
The little rock nine was a group of African kids that was in a high school called little rock central high in 1957. It was a all white school. The police took them inside because of all the racist slurs and pushing that would of been done if no one helped. -
1955 BCE
The murder of Emmett Till 1955
While Emmett Till was visiting his family,this African american was murdered for flirting with a white women. he was murdered by two men they gouged out his eyes,shot him in the head,and then they threw his body in the river while he was tied to cottongin fan with barbed wire. Milan and Bryant went to trail in the segregated courthouse in Sumner,Mississippi. They identified the men that killed the 14 year old boy and brought the situation to court full of white jury men and found him not guilty. -
1892 BCE
plessy v fergusson
Plessy v Fergusson In 1892 there was a situation that occurred. A African american passenger did not want to sit in Jim crow's car therefore that broke one of the Louisiana law. He argued but they rejected his argument therefore it was taken to court. the trial was held by john H. it was challenged in the supreme court on the grounds that it conflicted with the 13th and 14th amendment. -
march on Washington D.C on 1963
August 1963, more than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington D.C. They wanted jobs and also wanted freedom. This march to Washington D.C was organized by religious groups. The martin Luther King Jr.'s speech was a spirited call for racial. -
the murder of medgar evers
In the drive way of his own home he was shot and killed to death by a white supremacist. The situation was taken to court and it was a full white jury. They failed to reach the decision so then they let him free in 1994 they reopened the case and a racially mixed jury found him guilty of his crimes for murder and was brought to justice. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
In 1964 congress passed a public law that states "The provisions of this civil rights act forbade discrimination on the basis of sex as well as race in hiring, promoting, and firing" so if someone colored wanted a job the white man couldn't be a racist and so no because he was colored he actually had to give them a chance at the job interview. -
voting rights acts of 1965
In 1965 the president of the united states,Lyndon Johnson signed into law on August 6 1965 he aimed to overcome the 15th amendment that made color not be able to vote.
