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1. Martin Luther king Jr. • civil rights movement, which successfully protested racial discrimination in federal and state law. He was assassinated in 1968.

2. Linda brown Picture of Linda brown • Supreme Court case in which the court ruled unanimously that racial segregation in public schools violated the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. but it was believed to imply that segregation is not permissible in other public facilities. Guidelines for ending segregation were presented and school boards were advised to proceed "with all deliberate speed."

3. Ruby Bridges Hall (born Ruby Nell Bridges September 8, 1954, in Tylertown, Mississippi) moved with her parents to New Orleans, Louisiana at the age of 4. In 1960, when she was 6 years old, her parents responded to a call from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and volunteered her to participate in the integration of the New Orleans School system. She is known as the first African-American child to attend an all-white elementary school in the South.[1] She attended William Frantz Elementary School

4. Rosa parks Picture of Rosa parks • Rosa Parks was very influential in all aspects of the Civil Rights movement, but her biggest contribution was the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Like most other people she depended on the buses to get to work. In Montgomery, the first ten seats of every bus were reserved for white passengers, and the blacks could not sit in them, ever, even if there was no white person on the bus at the time. The back seats on the bus were for the blacks and if there are no white seats left and the whites needed a seat the blacks were forced to get up and stand. Some of the bus drivers had a practice; they would make the blacks pay at the front and then he would make them get off the bus and get on at the back of the bus. Some of the bus drivers would take off with out the blacks after they had paid their money at the front of the bus as they were trying to get on the back of the bus.

5. On 13th October, Ku Klux Klan member, James Jordon, confessed to FBI agents that he witnessed the murders and agreed to co-operate with the investigation. Eventually nineteen men are arrested and charged with violating the civil rights of Goodman, Michael Schwerner, and James Chaney. This included Sheriff Lawrence Rainey and Deputy Sheriff Cecil Price

6. Emmet til • This site is dedicated to a greater understanding of the murder of Emmett Louis Till, and seeks to educate people in all aspects of the case. His abduction and murder in Mississippi in August 1955, and the subsequent acquittal of his killers the following month, became not only a national story, but also put Southern relations into the international spotlight. These events became a major force in the advancement of the Civil Rights Movement. Some would even say they were the catalyst. • Although the world watched the case unfold, it has now been nearly 55 years since Emmett Till was lynched. Unfortunately, I have discovered as I speak about the case, that far too many people have either forgotten it or have never heard of it. This unfamiliarity exists even in college classrooms. The aim of this site is to provide a resource containing the most thorough, accurate, and up-to-date information that students and scholars will find helpful in their learning, writing, and teaching.