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Emmett Till Murder
When 14-year-old Emmett Till, an African American from Chicago, was visiting family. Who was brutally murdered for flirting with a white woman four days earlier. The Emmett Till murder trial brought to light the brutality of Jim Crow segregation in the South and was an early impetus of the African American civil rights movement. -
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
from the 5th of December 1955, to 20th of December 1956. African Americans refused to ride on the city buses in Montgomery, Alabama. The Montgomery Bus Boycott caught the whole attention of the nation, the people of America were made aware of the event. It set the tone for the whole Civil rights Movement. In particular, the boycott gave Martin Luther King a position of leadership within the national movement and showed that the nonviolent method of protest was effective. -
Little Rock School Nine
Nine black students enrolled at formerly All-White Central High school, in Little Rock, Arkansas. Three weeks earlier, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus had surrounded the school with National Guard troops to prevent its federal court-ordered racial integration -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
The Act was introduced in Eisenhower's presidency and was the kick-starter the civil rights legislative programme that was to include the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The Civil Rights Act of 1957 marked the first occasion since Reconstruction that the federal government undertook significant legislative action to protect civil rights. it also 1957 signaled a growing federal commitment to the cause of civil rights. -
Sit-Ins: Atlanta, Ga
students representing Atlanta's six historically black colleges organized a series of sit-ins at area lunch counters to protest the city's legally sanctioned segregation. -
Freedom Rides
A group of 13 African-American and white civil rights activists lauched the Freedom rides. a series of bus trips through the American South to protest segregation in interstate bus terminals. The Freedom Ride put a huge pressure on the federal government to do something. Whites in the North saw this violence and it turned them against the segregationists in the South. This helped put pressure on the federal government to act. -
Martin Luther King's I Have A Dream Speech
Martin Luther King, a American Civil Right Activist. Delivered a speech, I Have A Dream. His speech is to press the United States government ( at the time) about equality. It brought the message of non-violence to a nation/worldwide audience. The speech was carried on radio,reprinted in newspapers and magazines all over the United States and the world. After this speech, the name Martin Luther King was known to many more people than before. -
Bombing of Birmingham Church.
The bombing of the church was a act of white supremacist terrorism (KKK) which occurred at the African-American 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. The bombing helped move the Movement forward and getting more support. -
Civil Rights Act Passed
In 1964 when the Civil Rights Act law Was passed in 1964. It banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, colour, sex, religion or national origin. This law,banned racial discrimination in several areas, including hotels, restaurants, education, and other public accommodations. This landmark act also guaranteed equal job opportunities, fulfilling one major objective of the historic 1963 March on Washington. -
Selma-Montgomery March
to protest local resistance to black voter registration in Dallas County, Alabama, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference ( SCLC) organised a mass march from Selma to Montgomery. Marin Luther King lead 100's of Americans, In the fight to secure voting rights for African Americans and other minorities across the country. On August 6th, later that year African Americans got the right to vote. -
Watt Riots
the Watts Riot, which went for a total of six days and resulted in more then forty million dollars worth of property damage, was both the largest and costliest urban rebellion of the Civil Rights era. The riot started when marquette Frye, young African American motorist, was pulled over by a white California High Patorlman, for suspicion of driving white intoxicated. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassination by a sniper's bullet. while he was standing on the second-floor balcony of his room at the Lorraine Motel at Memphis, Tennessee.
