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Brown vs. Board of Education
Oliver Brown filed a law suit after his daughter, Linda Brown was denied entry to an all white elementary school in Topeka Kansas. He said that segregated schools violated the 14th Amendment. There were 4 other law suits against it. He won the case after fighting hard, they did decide how to integrate schools but asked for no further arguments about it. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycotts was a protest against segregation seating. The African Americans wanted to sit where they want. So they refused to ride the bus. It was successful because they won the right to sit were they want. This was important because it was a big step towards integration and equality. -
Emmett Till murder
Emmett Till was a 14 year old black boy. His mom sent him to Mississippi to visit family. Emmett and some of his friends stopped at a grocery store, and was reportedly whistled toward a white women. A few days later he was kidnapped from his uncles house. 3 days later they found his body floating down a river. He was severely beaten and had a gunshot to the head. Less than a month later, an all-white jury found the two men that killed Emmett Till. -
Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine was wen nine black students enrolled in a high school in little rock. Many whites were outraged so the students even needed body guards. But they stayed strong and attended school. This was very important because the school made a plan for integration in its school. -
Sit-ins
Students from the North and South gathered together and formed the SNCC. These groups became the organizers of the future sit-ins at lunch counters, segregated churches and schools. By the end of the year over 1500 black protesters were arrested. Their hard work and courageousness payed off, slowly but surely restaurants and businesses got rid of segregation policies. -
Georgia University integrtion
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter were enrolled at the University of Georgia, ending 160 years of segregation at the school. -
Ole Miss Riot
The Ole Miss riot, was when James Meredith, an African American joins the university of Mississippi. This set of a deadly riot killing two men. Once the school found out about his race they did not let him in although he had already been accepted. Even the governor tried to stop him.Because of this the governor had to pay $10,000 fine or be arrested.The next day he attended school.This was important because he didn't let the riots, the governor or the school stop him from attending. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington was when around 250,000 people marched for African Americans equal rights and jobs. They marched in front of the Lincoln memorial. Many people like famous actresses and singers at the time showed their support and marched with them. At the March on Washington Martian Luther King jr, made his famous and inspirational speech "I have a dream". -
Birmingham Bombing
The Birmingham bombing was when a bomb had exploded on a Monday morning before service. It was a church filled with a black congregation that also served as a meeting place for civil rights leaders. 4 died and many were injured. An outrage over the incident and the violent clash between protesters and police had followed. This is important because it shows that just by African Americans getting together for church it was considered dangerous. But really it wasn't. -
Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer was also known as the Mississippi Summer Project. It was voter registration drive sponsored by civil rights organizations included the Congress on Racial Equality and the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. The Ku Klux Klan, police and state and local authorities carried out violent attacks against the protesters, beatings, false arrest and the murder of at least three people. This is important because it showed that the African Americans didn't want to back down. -
New York boycott
The New York boycott was one of the biggest demonstrations of the civil rights act. Hundreds of thousands of parents, students and civil right advocates protested. They protest the New York school system and wanted immediate action. Many people came to show their support for full integration. I was a huge event and brought a lot of attention to segregated schools so it was important for the civil rights act. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Nobel Prize
This was important because people recognized his efforts for African American rights. He was the youngest person to win it. He worked hard and had many successful and significant protests that were peaceful. He won a lot of support and people recognized his efforts. This was important because he won this award it showed he was successful in his peaceful protests. -
Civil Rights act 1964
The civil Rights act of 1964 ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of sex, color, or origin. It is considered the best achievement of the Civil Rights Act. It was passed even though there was strong opposition from southern members of congress. After protesting and working hard or their rights they got them. This was very important event in the Civil Rights Act because they took a huge step towards equality. -
Civil rights act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that stopped African Americans from using their right to vote as it says in the 15th Amendment. This act is important because it impacted many lives and was very helpful in the civil rights act. -
Selma to Montgomery March
The Selma to Montgomery marches were part of the civil-rights act. They were protesting for the rights of blacks and to register black voters. Once they had crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge, the protesters were severely beaten and a bad act of violence had been let out on them. There was deadly violence from local authorities and white vigilante groups. This is important because a unnecessary act of violence was brought upon the peaceful protesters. This was televised to people in the north.
