Civil Rights

By Victorarriaza65

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education
    Linda Brown isn't allowed to go to school with white kids. Oliver brown who is her father, goes to the NAACP. It goes to the Supreme Court and it rules 9-0 to overturn the separate but same doctrine.

  • Emmett Till Murder

    Emmett Till Murder
    A 14 year old black boy named Emmett Till was accused of whistling at a white women. The woman's husband and his half brother kidnapped Emmett and brutally tortured him. They brutally beat him and then threw him into a river. The murderers were tried and found not guilty.

  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks
    Rosa Parks refused to move seats for a white man and is arrested. She was charged $10. Flyers were sent out, the community decided to boycott the busses. The busses were empty for a while. The Supreme Court ruled that busses had to let the blacks ride the bus.