Booker T. Washington on freedom “ It is important and right that all privileges of law be ours, but it is vastly more important that we be prepared for the exercise of those privileges.”
Booker T. Washington on freedom “ It is important and right that all privileges of law be ours, but it is vastly more important that we be prepared for.
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Booker T. Washington on freedom
“ It is important and right that all privileges of law be ours,
but it is vastly more important that we be prepared for the
exercise of those privileges.”
Brown v. Board of Education1954
Southern White protest
Thurgood Marshall Lawyer for the Brown family
August 1955
• Emmett Till
Emmett Till’s jury
Emmett’s Funeral
Dec. 1955Rosa Parks
Dr. King becomes the voice of Civil Rights Movement
1957
Little Rock1957
• 9 black students are refused entrance into Central High School
Sit-Ins1960
James Meridith first black to enroll in University of Mississippi—1961---Riots cause President Kennedy to call in 5,000 federal troops.
April 16, 1963Dr. King is arrested (again) Jailed
in Birmingham
May 1963Birmingham protest
June 1963---Medgar Evers is murdered
August 1963King Dream Speech in DC
Sept. 1963Birmingham
Feb. 1965
Malcolm X
March 1965Bloody Sunday
April 4 1968
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