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Brown vs board of education
In 1954 a father tried to enroll his daughter into a all white public. The school did not allow him to enroll his daughter because she was black. They told him he needed to enroll her to a all black public school, the father Oliver brown did not like this. He argued that schools shouldn’t be separate. The Supreme Court ruled in his favor and with a 9-0 unanimous decision schools were then equal. Some people like this so then riots broke out as well. -
Emmet till
Emmet Till was a 14 year old boy. Emmet was from Chicago and he was visiting Mississippi. As he was at a store when Carolyn Bryant a female accused him for whistling at her. Two men Roy Bryant and JW Milam kidnapped Emmet and beat him to death they then tied a big fan to him and threw him into a river. After three days his body was found. The two men were not found guilty, although they admitted to killing him. Thus was the start of the civil rights movement. -
Rosa park
One night Rosa Parks was heading home by bus. During this time buses were separated whites in front , browns in the back. The white side was full that night and the bus driver told her to give up her seat. Rosa denied to move then leading to her arrest for not giving it up. Thus starting the Montgomery Bus Boycott. -
Bus Boycott
After Rosa Park’s arrest all African Americans refused to use buses as a form of transportation. The boycott was intended for only a day but since it was so effective they had to push it for more days. -
SCLC
After the boycott, Martin Luther King was elected as president. He helped organize nonviolent riots. After his assassination it was declined. Still exists today. -
Little Rock Nine
This tested the brown vs board of education desicion. 9 African American students were vetted to participate in the test. 101 Airborne escorted these students to class. The next year public schools closed. On August 29, 1959 schools reopened. -
Greenhouse Sit-Ins
4 college students sat in a diner. The diner refused to serve them, but they did not leave they decided to stay and the word spreaded the diner lost money forcing change. -
SNCC
This was founded in 1960. It became the main source of student participation in the civil rights movement. These students remained independent of MLK and the SCLC. The two organizations worked together through the civil rights movement. They were part of the Match to Selma and freedom rides. -
Freedom Rides/Riders
A 2 week bus trip to the South was made to purposely violate Jim Crow Laws. It was organized by the Congress of Racial Equality. The buses were burned down and the riders were beaten by the KKK. November 1, 1961, white and colored signs are removed from bus stations, train stations, and lunch counters. -
March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom
250,000 people attended at the Lincoln Memorial. MLK was the last person to speak her. He gave his “ I have a dream” speech here. This helped pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act did not allow employers to not hire people based on there color , religion , sex , physical disability, or age in job related matters. It prohibits overall discrimination against these in anyway. -
Malcom X
Civil rights leader who was part of the Nation of Islam. He wanted black people to believe in themselves and start their own businesses. He was shot 21 times. Thomas hagan convicted of killing. -
March on Selma/Bloody Sunday
In this March 600 students to place to march from Selma to Montgomery to get the right to vote. They walked for 54 miles and were stopped at the bridge. There was a second March and this took place march 21-24 days with thousands of people marched. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Enabling the right to vote of African Americans any discrimination in voting. Now a federal matter not state. -
Assassination of MLK JR
Martin Luther King was shot dead while standing on a balcony outside his second-floor room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. News of King's assassination prompted major outbreaks of racial violence, resulting in more than 40 deaths nationwide.