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Brown vs. Board of education
Seperate but equal was constitutional under the 14th amendment -
Emmett Till
The Black 14 year old Emmett Till was murdered in Mississippi for allegedly flirting with a white woman -
Rosa Parks is Arrested
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus on December 1st, 1955 -
Nonviolent Protests
MLK Jr. and various Black pastors gathered tigetherto coordinate nonviolent protests against discrimination and segregation -
”Sit Ins”
Four Black college students refused to leave a “white only” lunch room counter without being served food -
Freedom riders
All races were freedom riders. They took trips throughout the south of America to protest segregated bus terminals -
Black Children March
1,000 Black school children marched thought Birmingham, Alabama against segregation -
“I Have a Dream” speech
MLK Jr. delivers his famous “I Have a Dream” speech in a crowd of 200,000 citizens -
President Kennedy is assassinated
President JFK was assassinated by Lee Harvey in Dallas Texas while being escorted out of a parade with his wife in his famous car -
Civil Rights Act
President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act that had one of the longest debates in Senate history -
Voting Rights Act
The Voting Rights Act prohibits discriminatory voting practices -
Great Society Program
President Johnson proposed the Great Society Program to eliminate poverty in the country. -
Miranda vs. Arizona
The 14th Amendment law establishes the Miranda rights giving their rights before taken into custody -
MLK Jr. is assassinated
MLK Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee by James Earl Ray in a hotel -
Equal Rights Amendment
The Amendment was proposed to the United Stats Constitution that would prohibit sex discrimination