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African American Students Getting Rights
The Supreme Court wanted a(n) African American student to attend a law school, and also invalidated the rules/laws the school had to segregate their students. This was a great political civil right improvement. -
Bus Segregation No More
In Baton Rogue, African Americans fight against segregation on buses, and began a 7 day long protest, finally ending with a victory, small but sure, for the African Americans. This was a major social victory. -
Hernandez vs. Texas
In the Hernandez vs. Texas case, the Supreme Court struck down laws against Mexican Americans in jury Selection. This was a political win for the Mexican Americans. -
Jim Crow Laws
The Supreme Court holds unconstitutional a wide variety of Jim row laws, including segregation on golf courses and fishing lakes. This could be a social civil rights event due to the fact that giving African Americans more freedom will allow them to enjoy life more and not having nothing to do. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Supreme Court decides that segregation laws on montgomery city buses violate the fourteenth amendment. This was an Economical breakthrough. -
Greensboro Sit-In
Four African American students at A&T College sat down at a lunch counter at Woolworth, and vowed not to leave until served lunch like any white people. This was a huge economic because the restraunt wouldn't have made much money if they didn't serve the customers. -
Alabama State University
Governer George Wallace tried to sop some African American College students from going to school by standing in the doorway. Since Governer wallace was a government official, this would be poitical. -
March on Washington
Two hundred and fifty thousand demonstraters participate in the March on Washington alongside Martin Luther King Jr., who then proceeds to give his "I have a Dream" Speech. -
Bloody Sunday
Six hundred demonstrators gathered at the Edmund Pettus Bridge, but as they crossed the bridge, they were assaulted by state troopers, and that led to sympathy from all across America. One of the most violent things tto happen during the civil rights movement. This was political due to the fact that African Americans were trying to get voting rights, and were attacked by government state troopers in the process. -
Harper vs. Board of Education
Voters were having to pay taxes, and since most African Americans living in the U.S. were poor. This would be an economical victory because most African americans couldnt afford to pay the poll tax. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination/Civil Rights Act of 1968
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated, and the Civil Rights Act of 1968 is passed not too long after. -
The Power of Congress
The Civil Rights Restoration Act is passed by congress, correcting a previous law that limited the governments power to withhold funds from institutions that discriminated against the integration of African Americans. -
Supreme Court Justice
Justice Thurgood Marshall retires from the Supreme Court, and is replaced by Clarence Thomas, who was recommended by President Bush. This would be political because the new Justice of the Supreme Court is getting chosen by his merits and reccomendations by people who trust him. -
The passing of Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall passed away, and that was a sad time for people all ovround the U.S. That would be a social event due to Thrugood Marshalls memorial service being watched by millions. -
Obamas Election
President Barrack Obama was the first African American elected for office in the entire history of the U.S. This is an economical event due to the fact that he was elected in the middle of an economical crisis.
