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Civil Right movement
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Brown v. Board of Education
The NAACP brought three specific cases, plus two more were brought to the Supreme Court as a joined together case under the name of Brown v. Board of Education. In May 17th 1954 the Supreme Court brought an end to school segregation -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat to a white person, and gets arrested. Following this event 17,000 African Americans decided to boycott the bus system and found another way to get to work -
Little Rock
Nine African American students tried to enter an all-white high school. Troops from the Alabama National Guard tried to block their way and they also faced discrimination from crowds of white people. After two weeks Eisenhower sent in federal troops to protect the students. Finally they were able to attend the all-white high school -
Greensboro Sit-in (Sit-ins)
Four black college students sat down in a whites-only counter in a Woolworths store. They continued to sit there day after day. As a result Woolworths lost 1/3 of its business and desegregated all of it's restaurants on July 26, 1960. Following this event other black students followed this example of sit-ins. -
Birmingham, Alabama (Children Marches)
King joined the marches in Birmingham and was arrested, After release King coudn't find anyone who was willing the risk to be arrested. To keep the movement on, thousands of children marched inn the streets of Birmingham. To stop them high pressured hoses and attack dogs were unleashed on the streets, while police were beating at people's heads with their night sticks -
Desegregation of Birmingham
President Kennedy ordered 3000 federal troopos to Birmingham to stop the violence. Finally Birmingham had achieved desegregation. -
The March on Washington
About more tha 200,000 people of all races massed near "The Mall" in Washington D.C. to protest police brutality, unequal pay, job discrimination, and continued segregation in education and lack of rights. King delivers "I Have a Dream" speech. -
Birmingham Church Bombing
A bomb exploded at King's old headquarters, which is the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Four black girls were killed -
JFK assassination
President Kennedy was assassinated three months after the March on Washington. Vice President LBJ took office and passed many civil rights laws. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlawed segregation in public facilities. It also outlawed discrimination in jobs based on a person's race, gender, religion, or nationality. -
Malcolm X's assassination
Malcolm X was assassinated by members of the Nation of Islam -
Voting Rights Act
Outlawed literacy tests and allowed African Americans to vote. Also LBJ sent federal examiners to seven southern states to register black voters -
King's assassination
King was shot to death in Memphis, Tenessee by James Earl Ray. He was convicted for his muder and was senteced life in prison.
