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Brown vs. Board of Education
1.) The court case that allowed separate but equal facilities was Plessy vs. Ferguson.
2.) Multiple African American children were denied enrollment into a white school in Topeka, Kansas. The parents then started a court case against the denial of black children into schools.
3.) The result of the court case was a reversal on the Plessy vs. Ferguson ruling. -
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Civil rights Movement
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Rosa Parks
1.) Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama.
2.)Rosa Was arrested for not giving up her seat. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
1.)President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the act.
2.)The act added protection to voting rights and empowered the Federal Government to punish anyone who denied another citizen's rights. -
Little Rock
1.) In a small town called Little Rock in Arkansas a group of nine African American students were enrolled into a local school. On the first day of school, the students were blocked by the State Police on the order of the Arkansas Governor.
2.) President Dwight D. Eisenhower was infuriated by the Governor's actions, and sent in the military to protect the students from harm, and to let them pass safely into the school. -
Freedom Riders
1.)The freedom riders rode on busses to protest against segregation and entered segregated restrooms and other places that were separated.
2.)The Freedom Riders were recruited by CORE (Congress of Racial Equality).
3.) No, some white activists went into segregated Black areas. -
James Meredith and Ole Miss
1.) James Meredith was blocked from entering the college by the Alabama governor and an angry white mob.
2.) The Supreme Court forced the university to enroll James. The states government was also guilty of stopping him from entering the school. -
Medgar Evers Assassination
1.) Medgar Evers was an African American civil rights activist, and a member of the NAACP. He was a world war two veteran.
2.) Evers was shot by a White Supremacist in his driveway. -
The March on Washington
1.) The march's purpose was to rally for Jobs and freedom.
2.) Martin Luther king Jr.'s "I have a Dream" speech. -
Sidney Poitier First African American to win Oscar
Sidney Poitier becomes first African American to win an Oscar for performing in Lilies of the Field. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
1.) President Lyndon Johnson Passes the Civil rights Act of 1964.
2.) It outlawed discrimination of sex, race, color, religion, or Nation of Origin. -
Martin Luther King Jr. receives Nobel Peace Prize
Martin Luther King was awarded a Nobel peace prize for demonstrating nonviolent protests against segregation, and being a peaceful leader during the Civil Rights movement. -
March to Selma
1.) The selma march was organized to promote Black voting rights.
2.) The marchers faced the state government.
3.) The result was raised awareness of Black Voting rights in the south. -
Watts, California
35 people are killed and 883 injured over six days of rioting in a black section of Los Angeles. -
Black Panthers Founded
Huey Newton and Bobby Seale form the Black Panthers. They believed martin Luther King Jr. had failed by using nonviolent protests, and their overall attitude was very aggressive and violent. -
Loving vs. Virginia
A case that ruled denial racially mixed marriage was unconstitutional. -
Thurgood Marshall
1.) Marshall was an attorney for the NAACP
2.) It was about time that a a minority held a high place in government. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
1.) King was killed whist standing on a hotel balcony, from a sniper's bullet to the neck.
2.) His death sparked rioting all over the country, and led to the passing of the Civil Rights act of 1968.
