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Civil Rights

By Meyersa
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    The Beginning of The Civil Rights Movement

  • The Hazel Scott Show

    The Hazel Scott show premiered, Hazel Scott was the firs African American women to have her own television show.
  • Brown VS Educatation

    Brown VS Educatation
    The decision legally prohibits school segregation, declaring it unconstitutional.
  • Emmett Till

    A fourteen year old Arican American boy was murdered by Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam after "talking fresh" to Bryants wife , a white woman.
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    The Montgomery Bus Boycott, was a protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama.
  • Montgomery Bus Protest

    The Boycott finally came to an end,once the US supreme court ruled the segregation of busses unconstitutional.
  • Little Rock First Attempt

    Little Rock First Attempt
    This was the date that the 9 African American students first attempted to enter Little Rock High School.
  • The Civil Rights Act of 1957

    The first civil rights legislation passed by Congress in the United States
  • Little Rock Enterance

    Little Rock Enterance
    Three weeks after the first attempt the 9 Students were allowed to enter Little Rock High School through a side enterance but they left soon after afraid of a violent oubreak at the school. they finally entered for good the next day with the help of the US armed forces.