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Brown vs Board
It was a Supreme Court case to end segregation. 9-0 decision- or unamious, for equal protection under the 14th amendment. After the decision violence and broke out, with some schools closing. -
Emmet Till
14 year old boy from Chicago who was visiting family in Mississippi was accused of whistling at a white woman. Roy Bryant and Jim Milan kidnap, beat, shot, killed and then threw Emmet’s body into the river. Maime Till, Emmet’s mother, had an open casket for the world to see what they did to her son. Both men stood trial, and found not guilty. This was the spark to the Civil Rights movement. -
Rosa Parks — bus boycott—
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
A group that organized all the civil rights activities. Martin Luther king is the president and if people needed something they would have to go talk to him. -
Little Rock 9
A vetted group of 9 black high school students who enrolled at formerly all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Their attendance at the school was a test of Brown v. Board of Education, a landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling that declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional. -
Greensboro
4 college students sat down at a lunch counter at woodworths to be served. They were refused service, and they continued to do “sit in” and others groups joined. The protest spread to other towns. Which forced change. -
Student nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Youth group of students remained fiercely independent of MLK and SCLC, generating their own projects and strategies. The two organizations worked side by side throughout the early years of the civil rights movement. The group was second half of the Freedom Riders and were a part of the March to Selma. -
Freedom Riders
2 week bus trip to the Deep South, to deliberately violate Jim Crow laws. It was organized by CORE. The buses were burned and riders beaten by the kkk. Nov. 1, 1961 white and colored signs are removed from bus stations, train stations and lunch counters. -
March on Washington
It was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. 250,000 people were in attendance at the Lincoln memorial. MLK was the last to speak, and gave his “I have a dream,” speech. 70-80% of marchers were black. It helped to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Can not be refused service. Forbids employers and labor unions to discriminate against any person on grounds of race, color, religion, sex, physical disability or age in job related matters. -
March on Selma/Bloody Sunday
600 students march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to get the right to vote. They walked 54 miles and were stopped at the bridge. Seen on national television. LBJ order the passage of 1965 voting rights law. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
One of the most comprehensive pieces of legislation in US History. Blacks were registering to vote and being elected to public office.