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Brown v Board of Education
This was a court case that was meant to end segregation in schools. It ended with the ruling to end segregation in schools, but many schools remained segregated anyway. People had done studies that had proven that segregation in schools made students feel inferior and stunted their learning. -
Murder of Emmett Till
This was the murder of a 14-year-old for allegedly flirting with a white woman. This started a big movement for change when photos were going around showing the boys beaten body. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
These boycotts were started when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus. This act started a year-long boycott in which African Americans refused to use city transit. This lead to the courts saying that segregated buses violated the 14th amendment. -
Organized Protests
SIxty African Americans from several of the southern states, including MLK Jr. met in Georgia to protest segregation laws. These protests were completely nonviolent and were trying to make change happen in the United States. -
Little Rock Nine
Nine Black Students were blocked from integrating into their high school. President Eisenhower sent federal troops to escort them, but they continued to get harassed. This led to more divide in America. -
Civil Rights Act
President Eisenhower signed into law the Civil Rights Act which was to help protect voter rights. This made it illegal to suppress voter right -
Greensboro sit ins
Four African Americans refused to leave a whites-only booth without being served. They were inspired by nonviolent protests done by Gandhi, and this sparked similar movements in restaurants. -
Freedom Riders
Throughout 1961 many black and white people known as Freedom Riders took bus trips throughout the south to protest segregated bus stops and attempted to use white only restrooms and lunch counters. They drew international support. -
March on Washington
Almost 250 thousand people took place in the march. MLK Jr. gave his I have a dream speech during this march. This march was to give jobs and more freedom to black Americans. -
Bloody Sunday
600 marchers marched from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery. They did this in protest of black voter suppression. The local police blocked and brutally attacked them. They then fought in court and MLK and other protestors finally reached Montgomery.