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Brown v. Board of Education was a Supreme Court case. Linda Brown was denied admission to her neighboring school located in Topeka, Kansas because of her race. She was told to go to an all-black school located across town. NAACP supported her and her parents sued the school. The court ruled in favor of Brown and stopped segregation in schools. This served as a turning point in race relations. -
Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus. Martin Luther King JR led this boycott. After months of the case, the Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public transportation is not legal. It played a significant role in civil rights and social class. The ruling of this case let blacks travel fairly. -
The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine students who were enrolled at an all-white school. White citizens were angered by this. So Governor Orval Faubus called the state's National Guard to block the nine students' entry. However, Eisenhower sent federal troops to escort them into the building. Although this angered whites it brought international attention to the movement. -
A group of black college students walked into an all-white coffee shop. They were refused service but despite all the threats, they peacefully sat there. It had a positive effect on the Civil Rights movement because it was a new addition to the peaceful activist strategies. -
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode buses into the segregated Southern United States. The Supreme Court ruled that segregation bus seating was unconstitutional. -
James Meredith was a black student who tried to enroll at the University of Mississippi. Chaos broke out on the campus with riots. 2 deaths, and several were injured. Some were also arrested. This affected civil rights negatively because violence kept increasing. With the help of the NAACP, the court ruled in favor of James Meredith for racial discrimination. -
The March on Washington was a massive protest march. About 250,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial. The purpose of the protest was to support the civil and economic rights of African Americans. This positively impacted the Civil Rights Movement because it served as a way of equality and justice. On this day, Martin Luther King Jr made the "I have a dream" speech. -
Malcolm X believed that African Americans should be separated from whites. He suggested that the African Americans should go back to Africa or a separate country can be created for Black Americans. This completely diminished the civil rights movement because the whole idea of it was to create equality and instead we're giving up. -
The Voting Rights Act prohibited literacy tests and other methods of excluding African Americans from voting. But before all this, people literally killed themselves trying to vote. MLK organized protests that finally shaped political thoughts. The use of poll taxes was prohibited and now everyone could vote. This affected the civil rights movement positively because now there was a lot of justice. -
The Black Panthers were a group of African Americans who used self-defense as a way of freedom. It exceeded over 2,000 members. This group positively affected the civil rights movement because it proved how strong Africans were.