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Civil Rights Movement

This overview highlights pivotal events in the Civil Rights Movement from 1954 to 1968. Starting with the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown vs. Board of Education, which declared school segregation unconstitutional, the timeline covers the tragic murder of Emmett Till in 1955, the integration of Little Rock Central High School in 1957, and the courageous sit-ins by Tougaloo students in Jackson, Mississippi. It culminates in Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963, the Birmingham church bombing in 1963, and the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964, leading to the legacy of MLK, his Nobel Prize, and his assassination in 1968.

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Civil Rights Movement

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  1. Civil Rights Movement A few main events

  2. 1954 • Brown vs. Board of Education—unconstitutional • May 17th

  3. 1955 • August 28th • Emmett Till • From Chicago • Tallahatchie River • 14-years-old

  4. 1957 • September 24th-25th • Dwight D. Eisenhower • Central High School • Little Rock, Arkansas • 9 Students • Federal Troops

  5. 1963 • Tougaloo Students • Sit-ins at Woolworth’s in Jackson, Mississippi • Coming of Age in Mississippi • George C. Wallace and JFK • “I Have a Dream” delivered in Washington, D.C. • 16th Street Church Bombing in Birmingham, Alabama—four children dead

  6. 1964 • Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1964 • Prohibits discrimination in voting, jobs, and public accommodations • MLK is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

  7. 1968 • MLK is assassinated • Memphis, Tennessee • James Earl Ray

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