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Brown vs Board of Education
The people involved were NAACP and Brown it took place in Kansas and several other states whites and blacks were put in separate areas after a court case -
Murder of Emmet Till
The people involved were Roy Bryant , J.W. Milam, and Carolyn Bryant Donham it took place at tallahatehle river in Mississippi he was framed for assaulting a white woman -
Rosa Parks and the bus boycott
The one involved was Rosa Parks it took place in Montgomery Alabama she didn’t get up so a white man could sit down and refused to go to the back of the bus -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The ones involved were Martin Luther king and 60 black civil rights minister leaders it took place in Atlanta Georgia the SCLC an organization protested against the prejudice and unfair treatment towards the blacks -
Little Rock Nine
Nine African Americans were involved it took place in Little Rock Arkansas white students openly discriminated against the Little Rock nine -
Greensboro sit-ins
4 college students were involved eventually more people joined in to this silent protest it took place in Greensboro North Carolina the blacks began sitting at food places that only served whites until the establishments served them -
Ruby Bridges
Ruby bridges was involved it took place in New Orleans Louisiana a six year old black child was forced to go to a school with only one teacher while being escorted by federal Marshall’s -
Freedom Riders
Several different groups and 436 individuals were involved it took place in the Southern states the Freedom riders attempted to use whites only establishments to stop segregation -
March on Washington
250,000 blacks were involved it took place in Washington, D.C. they all made peaceful protests against the inequality of the people -
Civil rights act
Martin Luther king and LBJ were involved it took place in Washington, D.C. they enabled the federal government to prevent racial discrimination and segregation based on their origins and religion in all places -
Assassination of Malcom X
Thomas Hagan, Norman butler, and Thomas Johnson were involved it took place in New York ,Ivy - Audubon Ballroom Malcom X was assassinated by people that his former mentor hired all because he strayed from his teachings -
Selma to Montgomery marches (Bloody Sunday)
SCLC and Jon Lewi were involved it took place in Selma Alabama several different people went on a 54 mile march for peaceful protests -
Voting rights act
LB Johnson was involved it took place in Washington D.C. they banned the literacy poll tax voting is a federal matter not a state matter -
Assassination of Martin Luther King
James Earl Ray was involved it took place in Memphis, Tennessee Lorraine motel Martin Luther King was assassinated while he was giving his “I Have a Dream” speech