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Plessy v ferguson
a 1896 Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation in public accommodations -
Tuskegee airmen
a group of African American pilots and crew members who served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II -
integration of mlb
refers to the moment when Major League Baseball (MLB) officially ended racial segregation -
intergretion of little rock
The integration of Little Rock Central High School in 1957 was a major step in the civil rights movement -
integration of armed forces
began in 1948 when President Harry Truman signed Executive Order 9981 -
sweatt v painter
a 1950 Supreme Court case that overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine of racial segregation -
brown v board
Brown v. Board of Education was a landmark 1954 Supreme Court case that ruled segregation in public schools unconstitutional. -
death of emmitt till
Emmett Till, a fourteen-year-old Black teenager from Chicago, was visiting family in a small town in Mississippi during the summer of 1955. -
bus boycott
a nonviolent protest that took place in Montgomery, Alabama from December 1955 to December 1956 -
civil rights act
the first major federal civil rights legislation since Reconstruction -
greensboro lunch counter
young African American students staged a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, and refused to leave after being denied service -
freedom rides
a series of bus trips in 1961 that challenged segregation in the American South -
24th amendment
abolished and forbids the federal and state governments from imposing taxes on voters during federal elections -
intergretion of mississipi
The University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) integrated in 1962 when James Meredith became the first African American student to enroll there -
intergretion of alabama
The University of Alabama integration, a pivotal event in the Civil Rights Movement, occurred on June 11, 1963, when Vivian Malone and James Hood, despite Governor George Wallace's attempts to block their enrollment, -
I have a dream speech
"I Have a Dream" is a public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist and Baptist minister Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. -
JFK killed
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest person elected president at 43 years -
malcom X killed
Malcolm X was an African American revolutionary, Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1965. -
bloody sunday
Bloody Sunday, or the Bogside Massacre, was a massacre on 30 January 1972 when British soldiers shot 26 unarmed civilians -
voting rights
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. -
MLK killed
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. -
voting rights 1968
the relevant legislation regarding voting rights in 1968 is actually called the Civil Rights Act of 1968 which expanded upon previous civil rights acts by prohibiting discrimination in housing based on race, color, religion, national origin, and later, sex, effectively addressing issues related to unequal access to voting by addressing housing segregation that could limit voting power in