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Civil Rights Movement
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Plessy v Ferguson
In this case, the court upheld state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities. -
Brown v. Board of Education
This case declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. It also overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896. -
Emmett TIll Murder
Two white men kidnapped and killed Emmett, but were aquitted in court by an all-white male jury. -
Crisis in Little Rock
African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School and were prevented from entering, until President Dwight D. Eisenhower intervened. -
Sit In’s
Four students from North Carolina A&T sit down at a "whites-only" counter and ask to be served, but stayed after being refused service. This started a wave of people doing this all across the south. -
Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the south to fight the "seperate but equal" John Crow laws of the south. -
Freedom Summer
Campaign in the United States that attempted to register as many African-American voters as possible in Mississippi. -
Civil Rights Act
Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
1967 Race Riots
A street riot in Detroit turned violent due to one of the worse cases of police brutality ever.
