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Plessy V Ferguson
The Plessy V Ferguson event was an event that stated all races are equal but may be seperated. Homer Plessy played a big roll in the event because he refused to sit in a jim crow car and refused. Homer was then convicted of breaking a louisiana state law by refusing, Plessys argued with the court and claimed his constitutional amendments were violated. The court said his 14th & 13th amendment were not in conflict. http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/plessy-v-ferguson -
Sweatt v Painter
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Brown v Board of Education
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Little Rock - Central High School
Little Rock Central High School was a school of all white people. Their were nine black students that wanted to attend the school, and they did. Although they had to be escorted everyday by military men. They were harassed everyday. They all graduated from this school. -
Montgomery bus boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott took place from December 5, 1955 to December 20, 1956. This is when African Americans in Montgomery Alabama refused to ride city busses due to segregated seating. Four days into the boycott Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the front of the bus. She was arrested and fined. The US supreme court ultimately ordered it's bus systems to be integrated. http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/montgomery-bus-boycott -
"The Southern Manifesto"
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(SCLC)
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is an African-American civil rights organization. SCLC, which is an associate of, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr who was their first president, had a large role in the American Civil Rights Movement. Dr. Martin Luther King was later assassinated. All of this started based on the Montgomery bus boycott with Rosa Parks refusing to sit in the back of the bus on December 5, 1955.http://nationalsclc.org/about-us/history/ -
Greensboro sit-in
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(SNCC)
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Congress of Racial Eqality
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"Freedom Rides"
The Freedom Rides were launched on May 4, 1961 by a group of 13 African American and white civil rights activists. The freedom rides were a series of bus rides through southern states to protest segregation in bus terminals. These freedom riders were recruited from an activist group out of Washington D.C This group was known as the Congress of Racial Equality or CORE. Freedom riders tried to use "white Only" restrooms. http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/freedom-rides -
James Meredith
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Medger Evers
Medgar Evens was an African American Civil Rights activists who's murder drew national attention. He fought in world war II. After the war he joined the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He became the NAACP secretary in Mississippi. He was shot to death in June of 1963. His accused killer, Byron De La Beckwith escaped conviction. Later evidence ended up with the retrial and imprisonment of Beckwith. http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/medgar-evers -
"Letter from Birmingham jail"
Dr. King was arrested and sent to jail for protesting segregation in Birmingham, Alabama. After reading an open letter from eight white clergymen in the local newspaper criticizing him and his fellow activists, MLK decided he might as well write back to let them know what was on his mind. http://www.shmoop.com -
March on Washington
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Bombing of Birmingham church
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Mississippi Freedom Summer
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Twenty - fourth Amendment
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Civil Rights Act pasted
On July 2, 1964 the civil rights law was put into effect by Lyndon B. Johnson during a televised ceremony at the white house. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/johnson-signs-civil-rights-act -
Malcolm X assassinated
Malcom X was an African American Nationalist and religious leader. He was born in Omaha Nebraska in 1925. He was the son of a Baptist preacher who advocated the black nationalist ideals of Marcus Garvey. The Ku Klux Klan caused his family to move to Lansing Michigan. When Malcom was 21 he was convicted for a burglary charge. He was released after 6 years. He was assassinated in rival black Muslim in Washington Heights. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/malcolm-x-assassinated -
Selma to Montgomery march
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Voting Rights Act approved
This act was made to allow blacks to have the right to vote.They still after the act was passed tried to say that the blacks were not able to vote. but the civil rights act over road the decision.http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/voting-rights-act -
Black Panthers
the Black Panthers were founded in 1966 they were a black group that defended themselves against the whites and the KKK. The Black Panthers were originated in Oakland, California. When the black panthers originated there were six members Elbert “Big Man” Howard, Sherman Forte, Reggie Forte, Little Bobby Hutton, and Newton and Seale. The panthers would protect the black community against racism and violence. http://aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/black-panther-party-founded -
King assassinated
Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. he was a Baptist minister and founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). King was the leader of the civil rights movement since the mid-1950s, using a combination of powerful words and non-violent tactics such as sit-ins, boycotts and protest marches. Kings biggest march was in Washington.http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/martin-luther-king-jr-assassination -
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson was the first African american to play in the MLB he was 28 when he started playing for the dodgers and went to the world series six times. Jackie was a very skilled player and he led his team to the National League Championship where they won that game and he won the MVP award. He won MVP and went to the world series his rookie year and the fans shouted hateful offensive words sometimes. http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/jackie-robinson
