what was the decision in plessy v. ferguson? what was the decision in brown v. board of education?
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What was the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson?
What was the decision in Brown v. Board of Education?
PEOPLE OF CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Key Points
During the Civil Rights movement there were many people who were involved in fighting for African American Rights.
Many of these people were murdered or assassinated because of the work they were doing.
Without the famous and less famous people African Americans and many other people would not have the equal rights they enjoy today.
Research
Martin Luther King Rosa Parks Malcolm X Medgar Evers Emmett Till Ralph Abernathy
Martin Luther King
Led the civil rights movement in the United States
Organized the SCLC protests against segregation
Assassinated on April 4, 1968
Rosa Parks
Refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus
She was arrested, jailed, and fined Her actions led to the Montgomery Bus
Boycotts
Malcolm X
Dropped out of school and turned to crime
Joined the Nation of Islam in jail Believed blacks were superior Wanted a separate country for African-
Americans Believed in violence for change Assassinated on February 21, 1965
Medgar Evers
Joined the NAACP to fight for Civil rights Assassinated June 12, 1963 White segregationist was tried three
times for the murder and was finally convicted in 1994
Emmett Till
14 year old boy killed for flirting with a white girl
He was beaten, had his eye gouged out and shot through the head and then dumped in a river
His funeral was open casket to show people the brutality
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Ralph Abernathy
Worked with MLK Helped organized the Montgomery Bus
Boycott Took over the SCLC after MLK was
assassinated
Besides Martin Luther King, name one figure of the civil rights movement and what he or she did.