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Brown v. Board of Education
The Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. -
Murder of Emmett Till
Emmett Till was killed because he whistled at a White Woman -
Rosa Parks and the Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat and was imprisoned. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The SCLC was an organization linked to the black churches. 60 black ministers were pivotal in organizing civil right activism. Martin Luther King Jr was elected President. They focused its non violent strategy on citizenship, schools and efforts to desegregate individual cities. It played key roles in the March on Washington in 1963 and the Selma Voting Rights Campaign and March to Montgomery in 1965.