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Plessy v. Ferguson
"Seperate by equal" and was overuled by Brown v. Board of Education -
NAACP
African-American civil rights organization in the United States -
Borwn v. Board of Education
Courts declared that separated schools are unconstitional. -
Emmett till Murder
An African-American teenager that was lynched at the age of 14 for reportedly flirting with a white women. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
African-Americans protested segregatd seats on Montogmery buses. -
Little Rock Crisis
Nine students were greeted by an angry white mob determined to stop intergation on their first day of going to a white-only school. -
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Freedom Riders
Civil Rights activists that rode buses to the segregated southern United States that challenged the United States Supreme Court that ruled that segregated public buses were unconstitutional. -
Freedom Summer
Was launched in June 1964 to attempt to register African-Americans to be able to vote. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlawed any discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
Detroit Riot Race
12th Street in Detroit evolved into the deadliest and most destructive riots known in the history of the United States. They lasted a total of five days.
