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Violence and The Civil Rights Movement

By DT5666
  • Emmett Till murdered

    Emmett Till murdered

    Emmet Till was murdered for speaking to a white woman, Money, MS.
  • Enforce troops

    Enforce troops

    President Eisenhower demands states troops to enforce school desegregation in Little Rock, AR.
  • Taken and lynched.

    Taken and lynched.

    Mack Charles Parker was taken from the jail he was in and lynched in Popularville, MS.
  • Attacked in Alabama

    Attacked in Alabama

    The Freedom Riders was attacked in while testing the bus desegregation laws.
  • Slain during march.

    Slain during march.

    William Lewis Moore was killed during an one-man march against segregation in Attalla, AL.
  • Children attacked.

    Children attacked.

    Birmingham police attacked marching children with dogs and fire hoses.
  • Civil righer leader assassinated.

    Civil righer leader assassinated.

    Civil right leader , Medgar Evers was assassinated in Jackson, MS.
  • Schoolgirls killed.

    Schoolgirls killed.

    4 schoolgirls killed in the bombing of the 16th st. church in Birmingham, AL.
  • Civil right workers slain.

    Civil right workers slain.

    3 civil rights workers was abducted and slain by the KKK, in Philadelphia, MS.
  • Civil Rights Marcher Killed

    Civil Rights Marcher Killed

    Civil right marcher Jimmie Lee Jackson was killed by an state trooper in Mation, AL.
  • MLK Assassinated

    MLK Assassinated

    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, TN.