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| Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas(1954) |
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| Earl Warren passes legislation making it illegal to segregate schools |
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| Plessy vs. Ferguson(1896) |
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| Legislation aloowing the segregation of facilities, but keeping them equal |
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| In Virginia, all schools were shut down after Brown vs Board |
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| children specially chosen and protected by soldiers against mobs |
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| blacks refuse to ride buses until given equality on transportation |
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| Southern Christian Leadership Conference. MLK first leader |
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| black students have a sit-in in a diner and inspire multiple sit-ins |
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| Student Nonviolent Coordinating Commitee. |
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| National Association of the Advancement of Colored People. |
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| Congress of Racial Equality. organized sit- ins and such. |
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| rode in bus(both whites and blacks) in the south and faced many angry and violent southerners |
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| Mob of 3000 whites riots after Meredith joins U of M. Kennedy sends in 20,000 troops to deal with them |
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| protest to get Connor out of offfice and help with civil rights |
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| Letter from Birmingham Jail |
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| MLK writes letter discussing blacks in the civil rights movement and his belief of what they should do |
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| March on Washington(1963) |
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| Marched for equal rights and economic oppurtunities. Largest march in American history |
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| Project to get as many blacks as possible to vote in Mississippi |
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| 14 year old boy killed for whistling at a white woman. His story becomes national coverage and aids in Civil Rights Movement |
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| Black woman trained and specially chosen to ride the bus and create a scene |
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| Invites MLK to Birmingham |
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| University of Alabama's first black student; later expelled due to mobs and unwilling school board |
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| First black admitted to University of Mississippi |
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| President of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters |
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| Chaney, Goodman, Schwerner |
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| Arrested and then killed by KKK |
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| First African American appointed to supreme court |
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| 1945-1953: wants racial equality; desegregates army |
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| 1953-1961: doesn't really care about the movement, but respects the laws already in place |
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| 1961-1963: doesn't care about the movement much. focuses more on trying to prevent conflict |
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| 1963-1969: passes Civil Rights Act |
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| governer of Arkansas; tries to stop Little Rock nine |
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| senator of South Carolina |
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| from Birmingham; refused to step down from office |
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| Does the Brown vs Board legislation in a 9 to 0 decision |
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