CRM timeline Flashcards

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Board vs Brown of Education(1954)

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Supreme court overturns Plessy v. Ferguson stating that separate schools could never be equal

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1955

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Rosa Parks refuses to get off bus, lead to Montgomery Boycott until 1956 when Montgomery finall desegregated buses.

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1957

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Jan: Foundation of Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC)
Sept: Little Rock Nine - Eisenhower sent federal troops to to escort black children to Little Rock school

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1960

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Feb: Woolworths lunch counter sit-in
April: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

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1961

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May: Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and SNCC start Freedom summer. Result: Interstate buses were desegrated

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1963

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May: Birmingham protests. Result: People nationwide saw the brutality exterted on black people by Eugene “Bull” Connor
Aug: March on Washington for jobs and votes. Results: 200,000 people were in attendance

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1964

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Freedom summer: Mass attempt to register black people to vote
July: Civil Rights Act signed. Results: prohibits discrimination of all kinds based on race, color, religion, or national origin. The law also provides the federal government with the powers to enforce desegregation.

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1965

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Feb: Malcolm X assassinated
March: Selma to Montgomery march
Aug: Voting Rights Act: Disbanded literacy tests, thus, making it easier for black people to vote.

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