A system of events had to occur before the Civil Rights Movement could gain enough momentum to support its cause. The 1950s to 1960s were an important turning point in African American rights in United States history. Before this period, they suffered unjustified prejudice from the country, as evidenced by segregation in bathrooms and bus seats. The Supreme Court had ruled that segregation was fair as long as it was “separate but equal,” which rarely, if ever, happens. A more recent decision would be obsolete compared to the Plessey decision, the first being Brown v. Board of Education; Plessey violated citizens' 14th Amendment rights because many African Americans had to go to lower quality all-black schools despite living closer to all-white colleges. It would take a title to travel across the country to attract attention in the public eye, and that's exactly what would happen. The gruesome murder of Emmett Till in southern Mississippi would shake blacks and chill compassionate whites. While visiting Mississippi for the first time, Till wandered into the wrong neighborhood and said the wrong kind of o....