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The March on Washington
The purpose of the March on Washington was to gather people together in Washington DC to bring attention to the Civil rights Movement. This was a huge gathering of people. Martin Luther King Jr. Gave his famous "I have a Dream" speech. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Plessy vs. Ferguson was the court case that allowed separate bet equal facilities.
The Brown vs. the Board of Education called for the Topeka, Kansas School Board to reverse its policy of racial segregation. The city operated separate schools for black and white children.
The court made a decision that segregation was harmful to black students and unconstitutional. This led to the understanding that "Separate is not equal." -
Rosa Park gets arrested for refusing to give up her seat!
It was a custom that bus drivers had authority to ask black riders to give up their seat for a white rider. If there were no more seats in the white area, the bus driver asked the first row of black seats to give up their to a white rider. Rosa Parks was asked to give up her seat, and she refused.
As a result, she was arrested. This made people very angry. It led to the start of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. -
Montgomery Bus Boycot Begins
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was the refusal to ride the buses by African Americans in Montgomery, Alabama. The buses in the city were segregated, with blacks having to sit in the back and give up their seats to white passengers.
The Boycott lasted over a year, and as a result, the laws were changed. African Americans could now sit where they wanted. -
Civil right act of 1957
1 The Civil rights act was first proposed by John F. Kennedy.
2. It passed into law. Which ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimmination on the base of race, color , religion and sex. -
Little Rock, Arkansas and The Little Rock Nine
- U.S supreme court ruled that segregation in public school was unconstitutional. Nine high school students were chosen to integrate the high school in Little Rock, Arkansas.
The government had to step in to protect the students from protesters. They provided the National Guard.
- U.S supreme court ruled that segregation in public school was unconstitutional. Nine high school students were chosen to integrate the high school in Little Rock, Arkansas.
The government had to step in to protect the students from protesters. They provided the National Guard.
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Ruby Bridges Integrates New Orleans School
Elementary school student, Ruby Bridges was chosen as one of six African American students to integrate the school in New Orleans, Louisiana.
She was met with angry protesters outside the school daily. She had to have a police escort. The parents of the white kids refused to let their kids be in the same class as Ruby, so she was the only child in the class for the entire school year. -
Attack of the Freedom Riders
- A group of African Americans and whites that launched the freedom riders They were a group of people riding buses to protest inequality and segregation.
.They took a series of bus trip through out the southern states to protest segregation in state bus terminals. They were helped by the NAACP.
- A group of African Americans and whites that launched the freedom riders They were a group of people riding buses to protest inequality and segregation.
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Jame Meridith
Riots erupted when James Meridith tried to enroll in Ole Miss. The office was blocked off by Mississippi's governor Ross Barrnett. The governor was found guilty of civil contempt and was ordered to desegregate the university or face arrest and a fine of $10,000 today. -
Children's March
The Children's march was when hundreds of school students in Birmingham, Alabama walked downtown to talk to the mayor about segregation in the city.
It actually lasted four days where children left school, some got arrested, were released, and then did the same thing the next day. -
Medgar Evers Assassination
- Medgar Evers was an African American civil rights leader.
- He was shot In the driveway outside his home in Jackson, Mississippi. He was a feild worker for NAACP. Evers traveled through his home state encouraging poor African American to register to vote and recruited them into the civil right movement.
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Lyndon B. Johnson was in office when this passed. 2 It endnded segregation in public places and banned employment basised on race and color , religion or gender.
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March to Selma
- The march to Selma was organized to focus the effort to register black people to vote in the south. The marchers faced opposition from police and troopers. The march didnt last long when state troopers came with whips and tear gas, and hoses. As a result of the violence during the march, it brought a new amount of attention to the events that were happening in the south. many people saw the violence televised, and America took notice. A year later they passed the civil act.
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Jimmie Lee Jackson is Killed
Jimmie Lee Jackson, civil rights activist was killed by a Alabama State Trooper in Marion, Alabama.
He was participating in a peaceful voting rights march, and he was beaten by the State Trooper. He died eight days later.
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Johnathan Daniels is Shot
Johnathan Daniels was an Episcopal seminarian and civil rights activist. He was in Hayneville, Alabama trying to get blacks registered to vote when he was shot by Tom Coleman. Daniels was defendeing an unarmed teenage firl at the time. -
Thurgood Marshall: First Black Supreme Court Justice
Before becoming a supreme court justice, Thurgood Marshall was most well know for arguing before the Supreme Court in the Brown vs the Board case. he served on the U.S. Court of Appeals and and served as the Solicitor General appointed by L.B. Johnson.
Being the first black to hold this position was monumental because it proved that blacks were just as smart as whites. This is the highest court in America, and having a black serve is an example that everyone can succeed.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination
- It was a after 6 p.m. Martin Luther King Jr. was on the second balcony of a hotel. A sniper shot him in the neck. He was rushed to the hospital and an hour later he was pronounced dead at the age of 39.
- King's death started a riot in 100 of cities and countries. After that President Johnson signed the Civil Right Act. America was shocked and horrified of his violent death.
