CIVIL RIGHTS BOOKLET 5 - 1954-68 EVENTS Flashcards by isabelle sheard | Brainscape

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BROWN V BOARD OF EDUCATION
1954

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DESEGREGATION WITHIN SCHOOLS IN KANSAS
NOT FULLY SUCCESSFUL - IMPLEMENTATION OF BROWN II (1955) WHICH ARGUED FOR ‘ALL DELIBERATE SPEED’, HOWEVER NO DATE WAS PROVIDED STILL

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LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL CRISIS
1957

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9 BLACK STUDENTS PERMITTED TO ATTEND A WHITE ONLY SCHOOL
PROTECTED BY GUARDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY

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BIRMINGHAM PROTESTS
1963

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PEACEFUL PROTESTS IN ALABAMA, WHERE MLK WAS ARRESTED
IN JAIL, HE WROTE ‘LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL’
WHEN RELEASED, HE ORGANISED ANOTHER PROTEST WHERE HE TRICKED OFFICER EUGENE ‘BULL’ CONNOR INTO ARRESTING MINORS AND ATTACKING THEM WITH POLICE DOGS, GAINING MEDIA ATTENTION AND RESULTING IN THE END OF SEGREGATION

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THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON
1963

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250,000 MARCHED PEACEFULLY IN WASHINGTON TO DEMAND EQUAL TREATMENT
MLK I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH TAKES PLACE AND GAINS TRACTION
AFTERMATH - X4 BLACK AMERICANS KILLED IN SEPTEMBER 1963

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THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT 1964

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