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Plessy v. Ferguson
This court case allowed segregation. It was legal if it was seperate but equal.This new law greatly affected African Americans because now the goverment allowed the discrimination and the Afican Americans could not count on the police. https://www.oyez.org/cases/1850-1900/163us537 -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education was a case that spoke whether schools should keep segreation. Supreme court rule out that all school must desegragate. This was a great win for African Americans and this encouraged them to keep fighting for their civil rights.(www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/history-brown-v-board-education-re-enactment) -
Murder of Emmett Till
Emmett was seen flirting with a white cashie later killed by four white men, by beating the young 14 year old boy and then shooting him on the head. The four white men were freed from the criminal charge.From this murder, it initialized several civili rights movements. -
Founding of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) & Martin Luther King
In Atlanta Georgia, led by MLK he led protestors to non-violently speekings against discrimination inn the South.From this, MLK was able to gain more support in order to create the movements he wanted to create in order to make a change.http://sclcnational.org/our-history/ -
Little Rock Nine & Central High School
(www.history.com/topics/black-history/central-high-school-integration)
Nine black students enrolled at formerly all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.Daisy Bates helped these nine students ingress to the school in the South were they were still being segregated by people even though they were allowed to attend.This trend of allowing African Americans to go to white only schools spreaded across the
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Greensboro Sit-in
On February 1, 1960, four African American college students entered a store in Greensboro N.C. and sat down in a white-only counter.They lasted there the whole day and the next day returned with more college students.This event is important because it demonstrates the hatred of white people towars black .(northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/greensboro-sit-in/) -
Freedom Ride/Freedom Riders
(www.core-online.org/History/freedom%20rides.htm)
Seven blacks and six whites left Washington, D.C., on two public buses bound for the Deep South.These individuals encountered various violent reactions including molotovs with fire and crowds of violent mobs. This was another event that helped by September 1961 end segregations in buses and trains. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington was to protest for jobs and freedom for African Americans.This march also placed the setting for MLK to display his famous speech, "I Have A Dream." This event was important because it open people's mind and made thenm think, also because white people join the March to Washington.http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=96 -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) & Freedom Summer
White civil rights activist helped African Americans in Mississippi register to vote.To achieve this goal, a substantial amount of African Americans and Northern Anglo Americans were required.This event is important becuse not all black men could pass the test, therefore they could not vote nd it was violating thei 15th amentmeent.(www.core-online.org/History/freedom_summer.htm) -
Civil Rights Act (1964)
JFK took action to secure equal tratment for every Americn no matter the race. This act outlawed the discrimination African Americans were striving for.This work through open the way for other groups to make breakthroughs and made the possibility for our 1st African American president possible.(www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=97) -
Assassination of Malcolm X
(www.noi.org/xfiles/) Malcom was assassinated at the age of 39, by three of his members of the Nation of Islam.During one of his speeches, Malcolm X was shot to death.This influenced protesters and the black panther party was influenced by Malcom's philosophies. -
Voting Rights Act (1965)
African American men were granted the right to vote based on the 15 amendment. Signed by Lyndon B. Johnson, this stopped various practices that limited the usage of voting for certain individuals including poll taxes.African American men were more considered as a equal Americans in the eyes of the U.S government.(ourdocuments.gov/doc.php? -
Assassination of MLK
kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_kings_assassination_4_april_1968/) Martin Luther King Jr, was shot while standinding on a balcony of his second floor.On April 4, 1968, MLK was shot by an extremist follower around MLK's hotel. MLK kept others inspired by his speeches and on present day a day was separated and recognized that he contributed to Civil Rights.
