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Brown v. Board of Education - Dec 9, 1952 – May 17, 1954

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Brown v. Board of Education - Dec 9, 1952 – May 17, 1954

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Brown vs the Topeka board of education was the case between racially segregated schools and the supreme court. the supreme court ruled that the segregation of schools was unconstitutional. therefor ruled in favor of brown.

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they made a book about the board of education v brown

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A man was accused and put on trial for murder and felt as through it was unfair as the trial had consisted of only white people. not a single Mexican American was present during his trial in the jury. this is a violation of the 14th amendment

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Montgomery Bus Boycott - Dec 5, 1955 – Dec 20, 1956

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Montgomery Bus Boycott - Dec 5, 1955 – Dec 20, 1956

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the boycott of bus's came from when Rosa parks refused to give up her seat in the front to a white man. she was then arrested and began a protest for over a year the support was massive. MLK had even mentioned her actions.

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mlk mentioned rosa and so does obama when honoring her statue

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Group of 9 African students enrolled in Central little rock high a formally all white school in Arkansas. the governor had specifically called security to escort the 9 off the property even through the racial segregation of schools had just been ruled unconstitutional.

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the very first civil rights legislation was passed by the united states congress. this allowed black men to vote and if they weren't federal consequences or intervention would be put in place

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Colored men where refused service from a local store simply just because they were colored. so the people protested and sat inside the store at a table all day until they closed even as asked to leave and refused service

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the men stayed the entire night untill closing to show how upset they were and piss them off

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students from the congress of racial equality set up a challenge to protest the racial segregation of buses and transportation from Washington dc to Jackson Mississippi
MLK mentioned these movements but did not participate

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was also known as the battle of oxford where 300 were injured and 2 died this was raical mob violence

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All about poll taxes. poll taxes are when people are charged to vote. this poll charge was unfair as it was unproportionate and men of color where charged much harsher therefore meaning less and less African Americans could vote.

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 Bombing at Sixteenth St. Baptist - September 15, 1963

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 Bombing at Sixteenth St. Baptist - September 15, 1963

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white supremacist's bombed a Baptist church in Birmingham. over 22 people were injured
who was the man who led the bombing?
-Thomas Blanton

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written in response to a call for unity. this letter was written by MLK after being arrested after a nonviolent protest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_from_Birmingham_Jail

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March for jobs and to raise the minimum wage and spotlight racial equalities. a quarter of a million people showed up and over 3,000 members of the press

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this act made efforts to give economic opportunity to those who were less fortunate. health education and employment or general welfare for poor amaricans

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Mississippi held large scale citizenship of African Americans known as freedom summer so that all the African Americans
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Freedom Summer: The 1964 Battle For Civil Rights In Mississippi

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Large scale difference as this ruled discriminations of race color religion or sex unconstitutional. this meant no more segregated schools restaurants or voting.
what was this act considered?
- a crowing legislative achievement

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prohibited the discriminations and unlawful treatment of race within voting. this act enforced the fifteenth amendment of the united sates constitution.
what changed about voting?
- the use of literacy tests where prohibited

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 Affirmative Action - September 24, 1965

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 Affirmative Action - September 24, 1965

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Discriminations within the workplace was outlawed by president Landon B. this meant that people of color could no longer be denied jobs due to the sole fact they were colored.

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protest marches along the 54-mile long highway to make sure they are able to exercise the African Americans' right to vote.

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Address Concluding the Selma to Montgomery - March 25, 1965

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 Malcolm X & the “Black Power” Movement - 1966

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 Malcolm X & the “Black Power” Movement - 1966

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a movement to make black community's within city's to make them more safe and protected. buildings like bookstores schools clinics and food cooperatives

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the bloodiest incident in the "Long, hot summer of 1967" this was a long line of violent confrontations between Detroit's police force and the African American community living there

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 Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. - April 4, 1968

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 Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. - April 4, 1968

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MLK is shot dead at the Lorraine motel in Memphis, Tennessee. James early ray was the man who shot and killed MLK he used a sniper rifle from a distance