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Emmett Till Murder
In August 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was abducted, beaten, and murdered in Money, Mississippi, after being accused of making improper advances toward a white woman, -
Brown vs. Board of Education
the US Supreme Court unanimously ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, overturning the "separate but equal" doctrine established in Plessy v. Ferguson. -
Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Parks rejected a bus driver's order to leave a row of four seats in the "colored" section once the white section had filled up and move to the back of the bus. -
The little Rock nine and integration
Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus, who deployed the Arkansas National Guard to block their entrance, citing concerns about public safety and potential violence. -
Mlk's letter from Birmingham jail
in response to a public statement of concern and caution issued by eight white religious leaders of the South, who had criticized his nonviolent protest tactics in Birmingham. -
Greensboro woolworth's sit-ins
They refused to leave a whites-only lunch counter at a Woolworth store. -
March on washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (commonly known as the March on Washington or the Great March on Washington) was held in Washington, D.C. -
Birmingham Baptist church bombing
The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was an attack on a black church in Birmingham, Alabama -
Loving v. Virginia
In 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court case, Loving v. Virginia, struck down state laws prohibiting interracial marriage. -
24th amendment
Spessard Holland, a conservative Democrat from Florida, introduced the amendment to the Senate. -
freedom Rides
Riders faced violent opposition and were arrested for using "whites-only" facilities. -
Civil rights act
prohibited discrimination in public places, provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities, and made employment discrimination illegal. -
Bloody Sunday/ Selma to Montgomery march
a march by over 500 civil rights protesters was violently broken up at the Edmund Pettus Bridge. -
Voting rights act
The Voting Rights Act was enacted on August 6, 1965, and it prohibited states from imposing qualifications or practices to deny the right to vote on account of race;