Civil rights

Brown vs. Board of Education

May 17, 1954

1.Plessy vs. Ferguson
2.Little girl wanting to enroll in school
3.help broke segregation

Rosa Parks arrested

Dec 1, 1955

1. When seated on a bus she refused to give up her seat to a white man.
2. You had to move if a white person wanted your seat

Little Rock

Jul 10, 1957

1. 9 African american kids were refused enrollment.
2. By using the national guard

Civil rights act of 1957

Sep 9, 1957

1. President Eisenhower
2. It was a primary voting rights bill

Sit ins

Feb 1, 1960

1. When African americans would sit in white only locations
2. Often turned violent

Attack on the freedom riders

May 14, 1961

1. Freedom riders went against bus segregation just to prove a point.
2. CORE, NAACP, and SNCC.
3. Whites joined in to help too.

James Meredith enrolls

Sep 30, 1961

1. The governor was there to personally stop Meredith from enrolling.
2. The government used federal forces to protect Meredith

Medgar Evers assassination

Jun 12, 1963

1. Was a civil rights activist.
2. When he was walking up to his house he was shot in the back

The march on Washington

Aug 28, 1963

1. The purpose was for jobs and freedom.
2. The I have a dream speech

Bombing on 16th street baptist church

Sep 15, 1963

1. It was during a sunday church service.
2. It was done by a segregated white man

JFK assassination

Nov 22, 1963

1. when JFK was shot and killed 2.Dallas texas

Civil Rights Act Of 1964

Jul 2, 1964

1. President Lyndon Johnson passed the act.
2. It was to end segregation in public places.

March on Selma

Mar 7, 1965

1. To win the right to vote.
2. Being beaten and abused. 3> Lyndon called for a federal legislation of voting

Thurgood Marshall

Oct 2, 1967

1. He played the role of a civil rights advocate.
2. First black supreme justice.

MLK assassination

Apr 4, 1968

1. He was shot on the balcony of his hotel room.
2. He was beloved by the nation.

Moon landing

Jul 20, 1969

1. First man to walk on the moon
2. U.S. lands man on the moon