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As the Civil war ended southern states and to reconstruct to reconstruct government and society. The political and social rights of millions of newly freed Americans would become an important part of the post war period.

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legally abolished slavery in the united states and banned the us of unvaluentry servants

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legally banned the use of eliminated rights from African Americans causing them to have the same rights. although technically they had the same rights as white people they were not treated so.

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guaranteed the African Americans the right to vote in any state. No person will be denied the right to vote because of there race skin tone or previous serving conditions.

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laws that legally preformed segregation and denied equal rights and equal but separate.  were meant to marginalize African Americans by denying them the right to vote, hold jobs, get an education or other opportunities. Those who attempted to defy Jim Crow laws often faced arrest, fines, jail sentences, violence and death.

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when a lady named Homer Plessy refused to sit in the train car for black people she caused an upbringing of a court case that upheld the constitutional rule of separate but equal.

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Established in 1909 and is America's oldest and largest civil right org. Formed in NYC by white and black activist. The biggest civil rights organization that has been around for all of the major civil rights movements.

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Best player to ot play in the MLB

Played in negro leagues but had very good batting averages against MLB

Inspired Jacky Robinson who went on to break the color barrier

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a major “race riot” broke out across Washington, D.C. as white mobs attacked the African American community and African American soldiers returning from WWI.

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During the Tulsa Race Massacre, which occurred over 18 hours from May 31 to June 1, 1921, a white mob attacked residents, homes and businesses in the predominantly Black Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Motley won 9 civil rights cases that she argued in the supreme court

First african american woman to be a federal judge

Represtend MLK and other civil rights activist

Served as chief judge and senior judge until she passed

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the Harlem Renaissance was a period in American history from the 1920s and 1930s. During this time, many African-Americans migrated from the South to Northern cities, seeking economic and creative opportunities.

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Founded in 1950

Co-work with SCLC

Ella Baker

Organize protest and attract students

Supporting other orgs

Direct non violent actions

Sit-ins /  protests

Played big part in freedom rides

Also in the marches organized by MLK

Directed the black voter registration drives

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Man argued his daughter should be able to attend local school instead of having to walk 10 blocks but the local one is all white. Schools become desegregated to comply with the 14th amendment. The Brown case is considered a monumental civil rights turning point

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Whistles as white woman with his cousins. White woman's husband and friend take him and beat him constantly then kill him. they brutally beat him and kill him for whistling at his wife. tie him to heavy object with barbed wire and throw him into river after beating him for hours.

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After Rosa Parks black people refused to use the busses. For over a year black people in Montgomery refused to ride the busses. They created black taxi services for people who needed the transportation. dec,5 1955 and lasted 381 days until supreme court ruled it unconstitutional and busses were desegregated. The bus services couldn’t live without the black people riding them because most of the riders were black.

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nine ordinary teenagers walked out of their homes and stepped up to the front lines in the battle for civil rights for all Americans. The media coined the name “Little Rock Nine" to identify the first African American students to desegregate Little Rock Central High School.

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Founded in 1957

MLK was a member of the org

Founded as an offshoot of the montgomery improvement association

Mostly made u of ministers from churches

Non Violent

Boycotts

protest

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June, 1963 Governor Wallace blocks the university of alabama

Alabama the only state not desegregated

Every other state has voting rights besides alabama

People march in alabama as a protest but governor blocks them with state troopers

People beaten back from where they marched from

LBJ sends military including 100 FBI agents and

Many people killed and beaten to death

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Confronting politicians

Challenged the police

Patrol groups in african american neighborhoods for protection from police brutality

Spread supportive groups in many countries

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Non violence

Non violent does not equal non resistance

Violence is impractical and immoral

Growing up wealthy but segregated

All black college at 15

First sermon at 17

First ministry in montgomery… Rosa Parks, Bus Boycotts, etc

August 1963- “I have a dream”

Non violent leadership = nobel peace prize

Assassinated on april 4, 1968