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Brown vs board of education
Brown’s case and 4 other cases regarding school segregation went to the Supreme Court in 1952, the court made it into a single case and named it Brown vs Board of Education.
The Supreme Court ruled that spreading kids with segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. -
Emmet Till
Emmett Till was a 14-year-old African American boy. He was abducted in Mississippi in 1955, after being accused of offending a white woman, Carolyn Bryant, in her family's grocery store. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa parks was 42 years old. She refused to move out of the “colored rows” and to the back of the bus just because the white section was filled up. She was not going to give up her seat because of her race. With her confidence there was then a boycott of buses in Montgomery a few days later. People refused to board the city's buses. -
Sclc
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is a civil rights organization. It was founded in 1957. Also for the Montgomery Improvement Association. This successfully made a 381 day boycott of the Montgomery Alabama segregated bus system. -
Little Rock 9
The Little Rock Nine was a group of 9 African American students. They went to the Little Rock High School. The students were not allowed to enter the racially segregated school by the Governor of Arkansas. -
Greensboro 4
4 collage students sat down at a lunch counter at Wordsworth’s to be served. They were refused service. Continued to “sit in” and others joined, the protest speed to other towns forced change. -
Freedom Riders
2 week bus trip to the Deep South, to deliberately violate Jim Crowlaws. It was organized by CORE. The buses were burned andriders beaten by the KKK. November 1, 1961 white and colored signs are removed from bus stations, train stations, and lunch counters. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington for jobs and freedom 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 helps to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
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. -
Voting rights act 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965, signed into the law by President Lyndon. This was to overcome legal boundaries at the state. Also things that prevented African Americans from being able to have their right to vote. As told under the 15th Amendment to the Constitution. -
March on Selma / Bloody Sunday
600 students March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to get the right vote. They walked 54 miles and were stopped at the bridge. Seen on national television. LBJ order the passage of 1965 voting rights law. 2nd March took place 25,000 marches including MLK. -
Martin Luther assassinated
