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Plessy V. Ferguson
Homer Plessy was arrested for sitting in a white train car on East Louisiana Rairlroad. He was able to go undercover as a white man, but according to the state's law, he was black. This set the precedent that minorities would be "separate but equal". -
Brown V. Board of Education
The Court case was filed against the Kansas school Board since one of the children was denied the access to Topeka's white school. He claimed that the education was not therefore the federal district dismissed the claim. The court case however showed how the racial segregation in schools in violated the equal protection from the 14th Amendment and set the stage for other trials. -
Murder of Emmett Till
Emmett Till had gone to the Bryant store when he was visiting his relatives in Mississippi.Roy Brayant and his brother in law, JW Milam kidnapped and brutally murdered Till after he whistled at Carolyn Brayant. This provoked a movement of African Americans to join the Civil RIghts Movement in order to avoid such disaster to happen to them or their loved ones. -
Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks refused to move seats when the bus driver asked her to do so. The boycott demanded for black passenger to be treated with the courtesy and much participation of the African American Community. This impacted the bus company negatively which then the Supreme Court ruled that segregating buses was illegal. -
Founding of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
It was founded when the Alabama bus boycotts were taking place. They did a series of marches to protest segregation and discrimination. They were able to help protests in the South but not as influential when King still lived but it led for John F. Kennedy to pass the civil rights act. -
Little Rock Nine & Central High School
A white mob had gathered at the school since 9 black students were going to enter school. However the governor put a blockage to prevent the students from entering. This then created the desegregation of many schools because of the Supreme Court's Decision. -
Greensboro Sit-in
The Greensboro Sit-ins were not violent protests in Greensboro North Carolina. They would stay at the counter, even after they got denied service, until, they were able to desegregate the lunch counter. These protests created the catalysts for the formation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in order to bring widespread attention. -
Freedom Ride/ Freedom Riders
These protests were to keep challenging Jim Crow Segregation in the Southern States. They illuminated the courage of the black minority. On November 1,1961 a new order went into effect which was provoked by their efforts which forced attorney general Robert Kennedy to petition the interstate commerce commission (ICC) to outlaw segregation in interstate travel. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington was a mass-protest during August 1963. This protest was meant to bring attention to the inequality and discrimination at the time. MLK delivered his speech "I have a dream". -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) (1961) & Freedom Summer (1964)
The Student Nonviolent coordinating committee had labored for civil rights in rural Mississippi since 1961. The 1964 Freedom Summer Project was designed to draw the nation's attention to the violent oppression experienced by Mississippi African Americans who attempted to exercise their constitution rights. -
Civil Right Act (1964)
President Lyndon B. John prohibited discrimination in public places. It banned discriminatory practices in employment and it banned discriminatory but the passage of the bill was not easy. This provided a better outcome for the black community. -
Assassination of Malcom X
Malcom X converted into Islamic religion while in prison. However, began to not support their ideals and therefore the Nation of Islam envied him. He had a major role after his death in the African American Movement. -
Voting Rights Act (1965)
It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states. The act would clearly enforced the ideals of the 15th amendment. It provided the greatest change between the relationship between the Federal and State government in the voting areas. -
Assassination of MLK
He was assassination by a single shot which hit the neck and the face. he had gone to lead a peaceful protests in terms of frighting for the sanitation of workers. His assassination brought tremendous turmoil in 1968.
