Court case that ruled that segregation is inherently unequal
This ruling was based on the Fourteenth Amendment that promised all U.S. Citizens equal protection under the law
Brown v Board was first used in the case of segregated schools, but was also used as a principle for many other cases of public segregation
Source: http://www.lawnix.com/cases/brown-board-education.html
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August of 1955, a 14 year old black boy from Chicago visited family in the town of Money, Mississippi
After flirting with a white woman, Till was abducted from his uncle's home by the husband and the brother of the white woman.
When Till's body was found, it was so mutilated by abuse that the boy's face was hardly recognizable.
Though the brutality of this case was nothing new, the way it was handled in the courthouse and in the press was a revelation for the South.
Emmett' s uncle agreed to testify in court about the night Till was abducted. This was a rarity in the South, as most blacks were intimidated into silence. Uncle Mose identified, in open court, the two men that had taken his nephew.
Though the two men were not convicted of their crimes, the case of Emmett Till's murder was a landmark in the civil rights movement because it was one of the first cases that used the media to expose the injustices that were being committed in the South

Eyes on the Prize: Episode 1- Awakenings (1954-1956)
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On December 1, Montgomery NAACP secretary Rosa Parks decided not to give up her seat to a white man aboard the Montgomery bus. Parks was arrested, starting one of the biggest civil rights protests up to that point.
Four days later on December 5, Martin Luther King, Jr., lead a meeting in the Holt Street Baptist Church to explain his vision for a boycott that would bring the city's bus segregation to it' s knees
Source: Eyes on the Prize-Awakenings
The boycott lasted for 381 days. The boycott was ended by a civil court case, which ruled that segregation of public transport was illegal. This decision was appealed all the way up to the Supreme Court, who agreed with the ruling. This was one of the first and most successful protests in the civil,rights movement and gave black people the right to sit almost anywhere they wanted on busses.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_Bus_Boycott

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In September of 1957, nine black students were to start their first day at a new school. These students were part of Little Rock School Board's "Blossom Plan" to slowly integrate Little Rock schools
Students were prevented from entering the school, however, by the Arkansas National Guard. Arkansas governor, Orval Faubus, had ordered the guard in, against federal government wishes, to keep blacks from entering the school.
In response, President Dwight Eisenhower commanded the 101st Airborne to go to Little Rock to escort the nine students around campus
The students were constantly harassed, but only one student reacted and was expelled
The Little Rock Nine is a good example of how blacks would test the boundaries of segregation, state government would try to uphold segregation, and the federal government would reluctantly intercede to integrate or defend the blacks.
Source: http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryI...

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On February 1, 1960, four black, male college students sat at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. They were refused service because of Woolworth Department Store segregationist policies.
These four men returned the next day, and within four days, nearly 300 students showed up to protest alongside the Greensboro Four.
The sit in started a movement that traveled to 13 states in the North and the South. Black and white protesters seated themselves in segregated libraries, hotels, beaches, and other public places. These protests helped to share the plight of black Americans with the rest of their countrymen.
After over 6 months of protesting, Woolworth's lunch counter integrated, and a small part of the battle was won.
Source: http://www.history.com/topics/greensboro-sit-in

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One August 28, 1963, following one of the most violent summers in the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Organized a march down Pennsylvania Avenue.
This march was to raise awareness of the injustices that many blacks were still facing nearly 100years after the Civil War.
The 250,000 protesters gathered to petition the national government for elimination of segregation in public schools, prohibition of racial prejudices in public and private hiring, a public works program to create jobs and a $2 per hour minimum wage, among other things
The march was surprising peaceful, despite the fears of many that it would turn into an all out brawl
In front of the Lincoln Monument, King gave his famous "I Have A Dream" speech.
Source: http://www.infoplease.com/spot/marchonwashington.html
The march is so significant because of its success in improving voting rights for blacks, as well as segregation in public places and unfair hiring practices
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits that any person, regardless of sex, race, ethnicity, Or color be discriminated against.
This law nullified the "Jim Crow" laws that had been oppressing Southern blacks for the last century.
Source: http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/history/CivilRightsAct.cfm

The summer of 1964 was the climax of the black voting rights movement.
Though blacks had possessed the right to vote for several decades, laws and practices in the South prevented them from doing so.
The Freedom Summer was an effort to register more blacks to vote. Its primary focus was the state of Mississippi, where voting registration was lowest in the nation
Freedom Summer was active in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, which had over 80,000 members and did not discriminate on the basis of race.
Over 1000 black and white volunteers were arrested, 80 were brutalized, and 3
The Freedom Summer helped usher in the movement for black voting rights.
Source: http://www.history.com/topics/freedom-summer
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Passed in 1965, the act prohibited any laws that could be used to keep a person from voting solely because of racial discrimination.
Widely considered the most effective civil rights laws of all time.
Aided in the enfranchisement of millions of minority voters and has been reauthorized by Congress four times.
Source: http://www.civilrights.org/voting-rights/vra/
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The influential leader of the Civil Rights Movement was shot while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn.
King was rushed to a hospital, but his wounds were too serious and he died 1 hour later.
James Earl Jones was the accused and arrested sniper, but many believe he was actually innocent.
In response to the murder, many blacks took to the streets in protest.
While many "Black Power" groups had moved toward violent means, King still believed in nonviolence. He was an outstanding speaker and motivator and was behind much of the civil rights movement.
Source: http://history1900s.about.com/cs/martinlutherking/a/mlkassass.htm
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