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Plessy V. Ferguson
Plessy V. Ferguson was a a court case which Homer A. Plessy stated that Louisiana's law of separating blacks and whites violated the 14th amendment.After the court case Jim Crow laws were made to limit the Blacks.This is important because if it wasn't for the laws blacks wouldn't have risen up. https://ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=52 -
Brown V. Board Of Edcation
On May 17, 1954, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered the unanimous ruling in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. State-sanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment and was therefore unconstitutional.This inspired black student to want to get an education. https://ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=87 -
Murder of Emmett Till
While visiting family in Money, Mississippi, 14-year-old Emmett Till, an African American from Chicago, is brutally murdered for flirting with a white woman four days earlier. www.history.com -
Rosa Parks Sitting in Bus & THE Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks got it of work and sat in the white section of the bus. She was so tired that she refused to give up her seat, causing her to get arrested.this started the Montgomery Bus Boycott on December 5th, 1955. The Boycott made buses loses money so they had to remove the sections http://www.ushistory.org/us/54b.asp -
Founding of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) & Martin Luther King
king created the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. King was the leader of the organization and led them to gain Blacks rights peacefully. Its an important event because this is the first time we see a large group of people to get together and protest peacefully, which caused more people to join because it was opened to all. http://kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_southern_christian_leadership_conference_sclc/ -
Little Rock Nine & Central High School
The Little Rock Nine were a group of African American students who enrolled in a white central high school in Little Rock Arkansas on September 2,1957. Their first day of school was on September 2,1957 and they were mistreated and hated. Even though Americans were angered, the Little Rock Nine were able to attend at the school. Its significant because it was the few times the government helped the blacks in their struggles. -
Greensboro Sit-In
four black students sat at a Lunch counter (white section) in Woolworth's store. They sat there for four days waiting to get food and more people joined the sit-in but some people were mistreated. At the end of the week the store closed down instead of searing the students. Its significant because it brought light to the situation. http://www.blackpast.org/aah/greensboro-sit-ins-1960 -
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee & Freedom Summer
The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)was a Civil Rights Organization consisting of students The group was led by Ella Baker. The Freedom Summer was led by the SNCC in order to register as many African Americans voters as possible in Mississippi since black Voters were excluded. It was significant because blacks were convincing people that they too deserve the right to vote. http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/ -
Freedom Ride/Freedom Riders
The Freedom Rides was a civil rights campaign was a bus filled with Members from Congress of Racial Equality. Members in the bus were known as Freedom Riders. These people would ride a bus to protest for their rights but whites treated them with violence which made Kennedy be part of the Civil Rights movement. It was important because the government was official supporting blacks. http://www.blackpast.org/aah/freedom-rides-1961 -
March on Washington
. Martin Luther King jr gave his "I have a Dream" Speech over than 200,000 marchers at Lincoln's Memorial. Then marchers showed that they still want their rights while marching at Washington. Its significant because we see people coming together and fighting for whats right peacefully. https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=96 -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is the nation's premier civil rights legislation. The Act outlawed discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, required equal access to public places and employment, and enforced desegregation of schools and the right to vote.
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Voting Rights Act
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson during the height of the American Civil Rights Movement on August 6, 1965, and Congress later amended the Act five times to expand its protections -
Assassination of Malcolm
Malcolm X He believed on self defense when whites attacked the blacks. After the assassination the Black Panthers were created. He was important because he showed blacks that violence was needed sometimes to get what you want. He was one of the most important leaders in the civil rights movement
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Assassination Of MLK
MLK was murdered at a hotel in memphis. He was so significant in the civil rights movement.. He also taught the world that peaceful protest works.
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