Civil Rights

By maria.madora24

  • Brown vs board of education

    Brown vs board of education
    1. It is a Supreme Court case that ends segregation
    2. The vote was 9-0 unamious
    3. Linda brown who had a 2 commute to go to black school, where a white school blocks away 3, it is a great decision, however there was a lot of violence after the ruling

  • Murder of Emmett Till

    Murder of Emmett Till
    1. 14 year old boy from Chicago, visiting family in Missisippi.
    2. Accused of whisteling at a white woman
    3. Roy Bryant and Jw Milan kidnap,beat,shot,killed and then threw Emmett's body in the river
    4. Maime Till, Emmett's mother had an open casket funeral
    5. Both men stood trail, and found not guilty *Spark to start the Civil Rights movement

  • Rosa Parks and Bus Boycott

    Rosa Parks and Bus Boycott
    1. Rosa Parks of Montgomery, Alabama
    2. Rosa refused to move; she was arrested
    3. December 5th, a boycott of buses will last 381 days
    4. Nonviolent protest to start more civil rights movement

  • SCL

    SCL
    1. Started after the bus boycott to organise protest.
    2. Martin Luther-King was elected president
    3. Organized protest around the south to coordinate events such Greensboro sit ins, March on Washington and Selma.
    4. After MLK’s assaniation, it declined
    5. Still exists today

  • Little Rock Nine and Central High School

    Little Rock Nine and Central High School
    1. Testing Brown V Board education decision
    2. 9 students were vetted to undergo this test
    3. Airbirn 101 escorted students closed (1958)
    4. Following year, all public schools closed (1958)
    5. August 29th 1957 schools reopened

  • Greensboro, North Carolina

    Greensboro, North Carolina
    4 college students sat down at a lunch counter at Wodworths to be served. They were refused service. Continued to “Sit it” and others joined, the protest spread to other towns forced change.

  • Student Nonviolent coordinating committee and freedom summer

    Student Nonviolent coordinating committee and freedom summer
    Youth group of students remained fiercely independent of MLK and SCLC, generating their own projects and strategies. The two organizations worked side my side throughout the early years of the civil rights movement. This group was the second half of the freedom riders and were part of the March to Selma

  • Freedom Ride/Freedom Rights

    Freedom Ride/Freedom Rights
    2 week bus trip to the deep South, to deliberately violate Jim Crow laws. It was organized by CORE. The buses were burned and riders beaten by the KKK. November 1,1961 white and colored signs are removed from bus stations, train stations and lunch counters

  • March on Washington

    March on Washington
    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 his "I have a dream speech" 70-80% of Marchers were. It helped to pass the Civil Rights Acts of 1964

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964
    • Can not be refused service
    • Forbids employers and labor unions to discrimation against any person on grounds of race,color,religion,sex,physical disability or age in job related matters
    • Prohibits discrimination against race,color,religion,national orgin, sex, or physical disability

  • March on Selma/Bloody Sunday

    March on Selma/Bloody Sunday
    600 students March from Selma to Montgomery,Alabama to get the right to 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 March 21-24 with 25,000 Marchers including MLK

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voting Rights Act of 1965
    One of the most comprehensive pieces of legislation in US history. Blacks were registering to vote and being elected to public office. Now blacks gets to vote in the U.S.A