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Plessy vs Ferguson
Homer Plessy was arrested for sitting in the white section of a car for being black. He made a case against it saying it was against the 13th and 14th ammenedment, which went all the way to the supreme court. Where it was ruled to be a ok to segregate as long as it was "equal"
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Brown VS. Board of Education.
Oliver Brown went to court against Topeka, Kansas school board, becasue it had segregated schools. He said that this was against the 14th amendment, so they allowed black students to enroll. This directly revoked the Plessy vs Ferguson court case. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/landmark_brown.html -
Murder of Emmett Till
Emmett Till was acused of whistling to a white woman, and was then abducted by her husband, and half brother. So that he could be beaten to death and throw over a river so he could not be found. The causes a lot of attention, even from the europeans.
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Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks no longer wanted to sit in the back of the bus this day so she did not, and attempted to force her to move but she refused. She was the arrested, but she managed to get MLK's attention, which help gain tracktion for the bus boycott.
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Founding of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) & Martin Luther King
A group that was created when 60 black ministers, and MLK himself got together. (MLK was the president) This group was small at first and gained trackion as civil rights movement acts were being passed. The group was not disbanned after MLK's death in fact it is still active today.
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Little Rock Nine & Central High School
This was a case in which after the desegergation of schools, a Group of African American students attempted to enroll in a white school. Those students where stopped by a massive blockade of white students and the National Guard. But was stopped when the President sent in the Federal Military to give them access.
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Greensboro Sit-In
Four college students sat in a whites only section at a dinner, and were waiting to be surved, but were refused. They sat there waiting for them for someone to take their order, through all the harashment, and were soon joined by other students. This caused a huge movement where many college students did this, and even some white students helped do the same.
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Freedom Ride/Freedom Riders
A group of students sat side by side in a bus thought the south in order to stop segregation in travel. These students were brutally beaten by many people in the south, and put in jail for doing so. But as a result they got what they wanted.
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March on Washington
This was a massive human rights movment, in which MLK had said his most Famous "I Have a Dream speech" Which was a huge day for the human rights movement.
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Civil Rights Acts
The act that was passed that prohibited discrimenation in public. This Act was passed by President Lyndon Johnson. In which ended Segregation in public places.
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) & Freedom Summer
The SNCC Organization was recruiting students to work in Mississipi trying to get African American's to vote. Which made the White Delegates scared, and caused them to be attacked. This helped people push to allow Blacks to run for office and vote.
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Content.aspx?dsNav=N:4294963828-4294963805&dsRecordDetails=R:CS3707 -
Assassination of Malcolm X
Malcom X was shot by a Nation of Muslim member, rummored to be under the order of Elijah. This was a hit to the Civil Rights movement, because he was a major head of it next to MLK.
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Voting Rights Act (1965)
This was a law that was passed in order to stop test that prevented African Americans from voting. Which caused for a Increase in black votes by a great deal.
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Assassination of MLK
MLK was assinated in Tennessee before a march that would happen on that monday. He was shot form a roof top while walking outside. This later caused for riots, at MLK's funeral Ceremony.
http://kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_kings_assassination_4_april_1968/
