Civil Rights

By alyvia_S

  • Key

    1. (Acheivement) & (Non- Violent)
    2. (Achievement) & (Legislation/Supreme)
    3. (Violence by opposition) & (Legislation/supreme)
    4. (No-Violent)
    5. Violence by protesters
    6. (Legislation/supreme) & (Protest)
    7. (Protest) & (Acheivment)
    8. (Achievement)
    9. (Protest) & (Non- Violent)

  • 6. Key v. Carolina Coach (Legislation/supreme) & Protest

    On August 1st, 1952, Sarah Key Evans refused to give up her seat on a charter bus. The Interstate Commerce Commission outlawed the segregation of black passengers in buses traveling across state lines. In 1955, the ICC favored Mrs. Evans, ruling that the Interstate Commerce Act forbids segregation.

  • 3. Emmett Tills Murder (Violence by opposition) & (Legislation/ supreme)

    Till and a group of other teens went to a local grocery store on August 24th, 1955. It was reported that Till whistled at, touched the hand or waist of, or flirted with the cashier. On the morning of August 28th, the boy was abducted, beaten, and killed. The trial of Tills killers was on September 19th, 1955 but an all-white male jury acquitted them all from charges.

  • 9. Southern Christian Leadership Conference (No Violence)& (Protest)

    The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is a civil rights organization founded in 1957. This was known for mobilizing large, non-violent protests in places like Birmingham and Selma, aimed at moving the national consciense and pushing federal government to support civil rights initiatives.

  • 7. Little Rock Nine (Protest) & (Acheivment)

    Nine students registered to be the first African Americans to attend Central High School. They all possessed strength and determination knowing they could face resistance and hostile behavior from others. They were determined to fight for equality during the civil rights movement and because of them, many African American children could enroll in good schools.

  • 2. Civil Rights Act of 1957 (Legislation/supreme case) (Achievement) )

    This Legislation established a commision on civil rights to investigate civil rights violations and also established a civil rights division within the department of justice, this authorized the prosecution for those who violated the right to vote for United States citizens.

  • 9. Greensboro Sit-In (Protest) & (Non-Violent)

    Four friends sat down at a lunch counter on February 1st, 1960 in Greensboro. The four friends were African American and they sat where African Americans were allowed to sit and they did this to take a stand against segregation.

  • 5. Albany Campaign (Violence by protesters)

    It was the first mass movement in the modern civil rights era to have as its goal the desegregation of an entire community, and it resulted in the jailing of more than 1,000 African Americans in Albany and surrounding countries.

  • 8. Birmingham Movement (Acheivment)

    The Birmingham Movement was a non-violent protest. This movement also brought attention to racial segregation in the South.

  • 4. March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (Non-violent)

    The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was the largest gathering during the civil rights movement at the time. An estimated 250000 people attended. The purpose of this march was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans.

  • 2. Heart of Atlanta Motel vs U.S. (Supreme/Legislation)&(Acheivment)

    The Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbade racial discrimination in hotels, motels, restaurants, theaters, and other public accommodations engaged in interstate commerce. Heart of Atlanta hotel, a motel in Atlanta Georgia, refused to accept black citizens.

  • 4. StoneWall Uprising (Non-Violent)

    The first Pride marches were held in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Thousands of lgbt people gathered to commemorate Stonewall and demonstrate for equal rights.

  • 7. Shirley Chisholm’s Presidential Campaign (Protest) & (Achievement)

    Shirey formally announced her presidential bid on January 25th 1972 in a Baptist church in her district in Brooklyn. She called for a " bloodless revolution" at the Democratic nominating convention for the 1972 U.S. presidential election.

  • 1. Hank Aaron's Home Run (Acheivment) & (No Violence)

    Hank Aron was known for hitting more home runs than any baseball player in history. He was also known for speaking out against racism and he broke many racial barriers throughout his career.

  • 1. Desegregation Busing (Achievement) & (Non-Violent)

    Judge Wendell Arthur Garrity Jr. found the Committee's efforts to preserve segregation unconstitutional. To address longstanding segregation, Garrity required the system to desegregate its schools, busing white students to black schools and black students to white schools across the city.

  • 2. university of california regents vs. bakke (Supreme/Legistlation) & (Acheivment)

    This was a Supreme Court case that held that a university admission criteria that used race as a definite and exclusive basis or an admission decision violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.