Us History
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Updated: 5 Dec 2019
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Created byDillon J Babb
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The Fifteenth Amendment is passed giving black men the right to vote.The Plessy V. Ferguson Case makes "Seperate but equal" conditions legal in AmericaJackie Robinson Breaks the "Color Barrier" in Major League BaseballBrown V. Board of Education decision is handed downEmmett Till is brutally murdered in Money, MIssissippi.Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white manMartin Luther King Jr. organizes the Montgomery Bus BoycottThe Little Rock Nine integrate Central High SchoolJames Meredith enrolls at Ole Miss and a riot breaks outBull Connor's Birmingham Police attack cowds of young black protestors with dogs and firehosesMeadger Evans is murdered outside of his homeMartin Luther King Jr. gives his "I have a dream" speech at the March on WashingtonFour young black girls are killed at the 16th Street Baptist Church during a bombingThe 24th Amendmet is passed outlawing the poll taxFreedeom Summer begins in MississippiMichael Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman are murdered by KKK membersThe Civil Rights Act of 1964 is passedCivil rights activists march from Selma to Montgomery for voting rightsThe Voting Rights Act of 1965 is passedMartin Luther King Jr. is assasinated in Memphis
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