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Scottsboro Boys
9 black teenagers accused of raping 2 girls on a train -
Brown vs. Board of Education
separated children in public schools. ended in 1954 -
The Murder of Emmitt Till
2 people in mississippi killed Emmett Till, a 14 year old black boy -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
started with rosa parks not getting up for a white person and no black people rode the bus which means they lost money and it was a big part of the Civil rights Movement -
The Little Rock 9
9 teenagers were the first to go to an all white school -
Ruby Bridges desegregate elementary school in New Orleans
A 6 year old black girl went to an all white school and got yelled at and harrassed by many people. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
nobody of any race can be excluded in participation in federal financial issues -
Assassination of Malcolm X
civil rights activist Malcolm X got assassinated -
Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King was assassinated on a balcony in Memphis tennessee