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Period: 1966 BCE to 1982 BCE
BPP
Black Panther Party -
1963 BCE
March on Birmingham, Alabama
An effort to bring attention to African Americans in Birmingham. -
1954 BCE
De jure vs De Facto segregation
After Brown v Board of Education, in difference with de facto and de jure. -
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Plessy v Ferguson
Upheld state racial segregation laws for public facilties under the doctrine of separate but equal. -
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Thurgood Marshall
Ended legal segregation, and was 96th Supreme Court Judge, and first African American justice. -
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -
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Rosa Parks
Activist in the Civil Rights movement. Nicknamed "First Lady of Civil Rights, and "The Mother of the Freedom Movement" -
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Malcom X
African American Buddhist, was also a human rights activist. -
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
An American Baptist and activist. Nonviolent Civil Rights leader. -
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Emmitt Till
An African-American teenager who was killed in Mississippi in '55. -
Race Riots
A riot in Detroit where there were a lot of immigrants moving in from Southern America. 34 died, 433 injured, 1,800 arrested. -
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Brown v Board of Education of Topeka
Court bands white and black schools. Declares them unconstitutional. -
Little Rock School Intergration
After court ruling, President Eisenhower has nine kids in Little Rock (Little Rock 9) escorted to school by federal troops. -
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The Sit-Ins
Nonviolent protests that were in Greensboro,NC. Stores removed racial segregation in the South. -
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Freedom Riders
Civil Rights activist who rode interstate buses into the South. Challenged non-enforcement of Southern U.S.. -
24th amendment
Abolished poll tax for federal elections. -
March on Washington
March to allow jobs for African Americans.
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlaws discrimination on race, color, sex, or national origin. -
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March from Selma to Montgomery
A protest march on a Selma highway ALL THE WAY to Montgomery to have voting rights. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Ammendment that allowed African Americans to vote. -
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Race Riots
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
This was a time when blacks refused to ride public buses in Montgomery, AL. It happened for one year and a extra day.