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Civil Rights Movement
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Brown v Board of Education
Brown versus Board of Education was the first legal assault in the Civil Rights movement. It aimed to attack the segregation of public schools.Most importantly the head lawyer Thurgood Marshall worked to point out that having separate schools not only led to worse conditions in the schools, making it not equal but separate, but also showing that it affected the children's self-image. Because of this the judge declared segregation of public schools illegal. -
Emmett Till Murdered
Emmett Till was a African-American from Chicago who went down south to visit family and work at his uncle's store in Mississippi. while there he was accused of offending a white woman, and was later kidnapped and lynched by two men. he was found in the river about a week later, being nearly indistinguishable due to the damage to his face and body. Emmett's mother was able to work with the media to get the story told across the United states, and showed an early sign of the horrors to come. -
Montgomery Bus Boycotts
The Montgomery Bus boycotts were in response to the arrest of a woman named Rosa parks. When when riding home on the bus a white man moved on and so she would have to give up the seat and stand. Instead she decided not to, and was arrested.In response overnight a series of African-American leaders came together to organize a boycott of the Montgomery Bus system that lasted for 381 days. They ended December 20th 1965. -
The Little Rock 9
The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine students selected by snake to go integrate Little Rock High School in Mississippi. On the first day eight of the students were escorted into the building by armed National guard, but the last didn't make it to the bus, and tried to walk on foot. Luckily they were able to get away from the mob. The next day though, the National Guard accompanied all of them and were posted around the school to make sure that riots violence would not break out. -
Lunch Counter sit-ins
Sit -ins were a style of non-violent protests that started in Green burrow in 1960, in which African-Americans and sometimes white supporters would go to segregated lunch counters and take up seats. Because they weren't allowed to buy things at the counters they would sit there and protest. This often resulted in violence, and the authorities coming into arrest the protesters. -
Freedom rides
The freedom rides were a series of bus rides going from Washington DC down to louisiana. Their aim was to agitate White supremacists, and the Klu Klux Klan into causing an event that would get the nation's eyes. During the events, when entering the Deep South two buses were burned and another was bombed. The writers both white and black were beaten heavily, and despite this continued on into the south. In the end the South finally accepted the desegregation of Interstate facilities. -
Birmingham protests
The Birmingham Protest were a series of protests that took place in Alabama hopping to desegregating the city. This took on the form of non-violent marches throughout the city with demonstrators. During the first few days thousands of the protesters were arrested. Because of this, groups of children began to march to their parents' place. After 90 days the city was officially desegregated including hotels, lunch counters and most open public places.
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March on Washington
The March on Washington took place On August 28th 1963. Its goal was to demand equal justice under the law for all groups of people regardless of race. Most importantly, Martin Luther King Jr spoke is I Have a Dream speech, one of if not his most important speeches ever, and maybe one of the most important speeches in history. -
Freedom Summer
A large group of College kids went down to Mississippi to help register as many black voters as possible. It was started and hosted by SNCC and CORE. It ended that August when classes resumed. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 stated that no one could discriminate against others for their gender or race. This included making companies with more than 99 employees have to have an employee ship that reflected the population of the area. It also outlawed segregation on bus stops, hotels buses and other transportation and intermediate spaces. -
Selma Marches
The Selma marches were a series of marches attempting to secure voting rights for African Americans. Their goal was to march from Selma to Montgomery Alabama. The first time they tried would go down in history as one of the most violent protests of the Civil Rights movement. When crossing a bridge out of Selma, the National Guard halted the protesters, attacked them with sticks, bullwhips and cavalry. many people were badly hurt. It shock the nation with the amount of violence that was caused. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
It was a piece of Legislation outlawing discriminatory practices in voting. It outlawed many roadblocks like the poll tax and literacy test. It also gave the federal government the power to register voters. It finaly made it illegal to stop anyone from voting based on gender, race, or ethnicity.