Civil rights

By Connor Munday

  • Emmit Tills Murder

    Emmett Till’s was a 14 year old boy that was away from home visiting family when just four days after flirting with a white woman, he was murdered. This is Legislation/Supreme Court Case and Violence by Opposition.

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    This was a civil rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city busses in Montgomery. This was the first large scale U.S. demonstration against segregation, one of the leaders was Martin Luther King Jr. This was a Protest that had no violence.

  • Creation of the Montgomery Improvement Association

    This was started by Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights activists. They created and helped organizations to help the full equality of African Americans in every aspect of their life. They did nonviolent protests

  • Little Rock Nine Crisis

    They were a group of nine African american students who enrolled in an all white school, they faced hostility even from the governor. With the help of the president they were able to attend classes. It drew national attention to the civil rights movement. This was a nonviolent Protest.

  • Civil Rights Act

    President Eisenhower sent Congress a proposal for civil rights legislation. The new act established a commission Civil Rights to investigate civil rights violations, like those who violated the right to vote for United States citizens. This was an achievement and also nonviolent

  • Greensboro Sit-In

    Four college students sat down at a lunch counter at Woolworth's in downtown Greensboro, where their official policy was to not give service to anyone that wasn't white. Even tho they were denied service they still stayed, this was a protest that was nonviolent.

  • Heart of Atlanta Motel vs. US Northern Violence over School Integration

    The District Court for the Northern District of Georgia upheld the constitutionality under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and issued a permanent injunction requiring the motel to stop discriminating against black customers. This was an Achievement and a Legislation/Supreme Court Case.

  • March from Selma to Montgomery

    Martin Luther King led hundreds of people gathered in Selma, Alabama to march to the capital city of Montgomery. They marched to ensure that African Americans could exercise their constitutional right to vote. This was a protest that was non violent.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    This was enacted to prohibit states from denying the right to vote on account of race. This was one of the most successful acts in history. The law opened political opportunities for people of color to participate in all aspects of the political system. This was an Achievement and nonviolent.

  • Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Martin was shot dead while standing on a balcony outside his second-floor room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. His death caused an outbreak of racial violence causing death and property damage. This was Violence by Protesters and a Legislation/Supreme Court Case.

  • Fair Housing Act

    This made it illegal for anyone to not sell a house or rent a house to someone because of their race, color, religion or national origin. The Fair Housing Act stands as the final great legislative achievement of the civil rights era. This was an nonviolent achievement.

  • Swann vs. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

    the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that racial segregation on buses and in schools was unconstitutional. Busing kids across different neighborhoods in order to achieve racial balance in schools was a constitutionally acceptable way to combat segregation. This was a protest as well as a nonviolent achievement.

  • Shirley Chisolm’s Presidential Campaign

    She was the first black woman to be elected to congress in the U.S. She was an advocate for poor inner city's and always wanted change. She was an achievement for the us without Violence.

  • Hank Aaron’s Home Run Record

    For more than three decades, Hank Aaron has been best known for hitting more home runs than any other baseball player history of 755. The baseball icon also spoke out against racism in major league baseball and broke racial barriers throughout his time.

  • Barbara Jordan’s Address at the Democratic National Convention

    She was a Texas Congresswoman, Jordan called for Americans to commit themselves to a “national community” and the “common good.”She was the first black woman to ever deliver a keynote address at a major party convention. This was an achievement that was done non violently.

  • University of California Regents vs. Bakke date

    A 1978 Supreme Court case which held that a university's admissions criteria which used race as a definite and exclusive basis for an admission decision. This was Legislation/Supreme Court Case that had No Violence.