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Brown V.Board of Education
Brown v. Of Education (1954) was a landmark Supreme Court case that ruled racial segregation in public schools. The case was brought by Oliver Brown, Linda Brown, along with other families in Topeka, Kansas, against the Board of Education. On may 17, 1954, the Supreme Court led by Chief justice unanimously decided that separate but equal schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment paving the way for desegregation in the United States. -
Murder of Emmett Till
The murder of Emmett Till occurred on August 28, 1955, in Money, Mississippi. Emmett Till, a 14-year old boy from Chicago, was brutally beaten shot and lynched by Roy Bryant and J.W. Milan, two with men after being accused of whistling at Bryant’s wife, Carolyn Bryant. His mutilated body was found in the Tallahatchie River and despite overwhelming evidence his killers were acquitted by an all white jury, fueling the Civil Rights movement. -
Rosa Parks and the Bus Boycott
On December 1,955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa parks American Woman, was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger, sparking a city wide protest. In response civil rights leaders including Dr.Matin Luther King Jr, organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott.The boycott significantly hurt the bus system’s finances and led to a Supreme Court ruling in 1956 that declared segregation on public buses unconstitutional, making a major victory for the Civil Rights Movement.