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Brown v Board of Education
Linda Brown, only 8 years of age, had a choice of either walk a dangerous mile to an all black school, or 7 blocks to an all a white school. She wasn't allowed in and her family sued the school, but lost. The case was taken the the Supreme Court and they ruled that segregating schools because of race was unconstitutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Dr. King organized a bus boycott in response to Rosa Parks refusing a seat a white man. She was later rested by the police. The boycott lasted for many days and many people did not ride the bus. Instead they carpooled, rode bikes, or simply walked to and from where they needed to go. -
Desegregation at Little Rock High School
9 African Americans students went to the all white Little Rock High School. Many people, including governor Orval Faubus, disliked this. He sent the Nation Guard to prevent the students from entering. On September 5, President Eisenhower sent troops to protect the students so they could enter the school safely. -
Sit-in Campaign
4 students in Greensboro North Carolina, walked into an all white store and sat down. They asked for service but we're rudely refused any service. In protest, the students sat peacefully. This started many other sit-ins across the country. These protests, unlike many others, were peaceful, but sometimes the protesters had food thrown at them, or beaten were they sat. They would simply curl up on the floor and take the beating. -
Freedom Rides
CORE set out to see if the bus integration rule was being enforced. They sent riders of both race on buses and were told to make normal stops. Many people waited at the bus stops as word about them was spread. Angry mobs formed, they slashed the bus's tires and they even set it ablaze. -
Riots in Oxford
In Addition Oxford Mississippi, a lone African American student named James Meredith was escorted by U.S marshals to enroll into their college. Many people were outraged and riots broke out. Two people were kill from those riots, but James was successfully able to enroll and continued his classes from there. -
Riots in Birmingham
Police were sent out to stop peaceful protesters. They didn't ask nicely, instead they used tear gas, fire hoses, and even dogs to stop these harmless protesters. Later that same summer, Medgar Evers was murdered while simply trying to enter his home. -
March on Washington
John F. Kennedy supported MLK, in which he would make The Civil Rights Act. Many thousands of people marched on Washington to support the signing of the bill. The march was lead by MLK, this was the place were King made his famous "I have dream" speech. -
Civil Rights Act Signing
Kennedy was to sign the bill, but was unfortunately assassinated in Nov 1963. Lyndon B. Johnson took over as president, and later signed the act in July 1964. The act stated that it is now illegal to refuse employment due to race, or to segregate in a public place. -
Selma
Dr. King led a march to Selma Al, to Montgomery, to increase the amount of African American voters. The marchers were attacked by police with tear gas, cattle prods, and botons. The peaceful protesters didn't give up and were finally successful in their 54 mile march. Later, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed. -
Bibliography
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