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Sit ins
Four black students from North Carolina decide to show their displeasure with their inability to eat at a restaurant. To show this displeasure they start a new peaceful protest called a sit in. A sit in is where they occupy seats and take up space. This begins to be repeated around the nation. -
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Civil Rights Movement
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Freedom Riders
African Americans and white people now are prohibited to have different buses. Many freedom riders traveled on these same race buses to test out there new freedoms. On this particular day though they are attacked by angry mobs along the way. -
James Meredith
James Meredith becomes the first African American to enroll at the University of Mississippi. With the addition of him to the school many riots break out and president Kennedy is forced to send 5,000 troops to calm down the situation. -
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King Jr. is imprisoned on this day for anti-segregation protests. He writes to his fellow people that individuals should protest against unjust laws no matter what the consequence actually is. -
I Have A Dream
On this day one of the most famous speeches in American history was given in Washington D.C. 200,000 people decided to march on Washington this day to hear Dr. King give his iconic "I Have A Dream" speech. -
24th Amendment
On this date the 24th amendment was added to help African Americans to be able to vote. This helped to abolish the poll taxes that crippled many of the African Americans in the south. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
President Johnson is able to get the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which was the most influential of the legislation passed for the Civil Rights Movement to this point. It prohibited all types of discrimination according to numerous factors. It also let the federal government enforce desegregation. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Congress decides to pass this law as well, to help African Americans get the chance to vote. It illegalizes literacy tests and other restrictions that attempt to make African Americans unable to vote. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination
On this day Martin Luther King Jr. is standing on the balcony outside his hotel room looking to a crowd of people when a bullet hits him. A man who strongly disagreed with Dr. King shot and killed him that day. This man's name was James Earl Ray. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
President Johnson decides to pass this law to end racism when it comes to owning a home. It made African Americans have the ability to purchase a nice home in a nice neighborhood. It made everyone fair when it came to buying a house.
