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Plessy v Ferguson
Louisiana provided equal but seperate accomodations for the white and colored peopole. -
Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers was a civil rights who organized voter- registration efforts. Also demonstrations and boycotts of companies that practiced discriminations. Medgar Evers was born in july 2 1925. -
The Congress of Racial Equaulity (core)
The core was founded in chicago,1942. originally 50 members of the core 23 were men and 22 were women. -
Sweatt V Painter
February, 1946 Herman Sweatt was a african american mail carrier. He applied for administration to the university of texas for school of law. But Texas university prohibited integrated education. The sweatt case was planned out by the (NAACP). -
Greensboro Sit-In
Despite Advances in the fight for formal equality. Including landmark 1954 supreme court verdict Brown of Board of education. 1955, the greensboro four , as which became known as being spurred to action by the brutal murder of a young black boy Emmit Till, who had be allegdy who whistled at a white town in a mississippi state. -
Brown V Board of Education
On May 17, 1954 The court ruled that "seperate but equal" public for blacks and whites were constitutional. Browns case served as a catalyst fo modern civil rights movement. His decision was particulary important because it was based on th e gross inequalities in facilities -
Little Rock Central High School
Nine black Students were enrolled formally in an all-white central high school. A landmark 1954 The U.S supreme court ruling that declared segregation in pubic schools in the county should be integrated with all deliberate speed. September 4, 1957, governor orval faubus called in state national gaurds to bar black students entry into school. President Dwight Eisenhower sent troops to escort the little rock nine into school. They started thier first full day of classes on september 25 -
Montgomery Bus boycott
Which African Americans refused to ride city buaaes Montgomery, Alabama. In Montgomery, when a bus became full, the front were given to white passengers. -
The Southern Manifesto
Chairman of the House of rules committee introduced the southern manifesto in a speech on the house floor. This formally titled as The declaration of constitutional principles. -
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson made history in 1947. He broke baseballs color barrier to play for the brooklyn dodgers. The first civil rights negotiated between congress and The eisenhower Administration. -
(SNCC) Student nonviolent Coordinate Committee
The SNCC served as one of the leading forces in the civil rights movement. Organizing so- called "freedom rides" through the south 1961 & the historic much on washingtonin1963. -
Freedom Rides
on may 4, 1961 a group of african americans and white civil rights activists launched freedm rides. Bus trips through the south to protests segregation in interstate bus terminals. September 8 1961 the (ICC) issued regulations prohibiting segragation in bus and train stations nationwide. -
Letter From Birmingham Jail
In 1963, on Good Friday, Martin Luther King Jr. led a march in Birmingham to protest the segregation and discrimination that African Americans faced in the U.S. Everyone involved, fifty three blacks, including Martin Luther King Jr. were arrested. This protesting march made the clergymen of Birmingham upset and their anger made them write a letter directed at African Americans to stop all of their protests. -
March On Washington
On June 12, 1963, Kennedy announced that he would deliver to Congress a strong civil rights bill. The president defended it "not merely for reasons of economic efficiency, world diplomacy, and domestic tranquility. But above all because it is right. -
James Meredith
james meredith was civil rights activist. He became the first african american to attend the university of mississippi in 1992. After graduating highschool he was involved in politician -
(SCLC) Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The Montegomery boycott began on Decamber. 5, 1955. After rosa parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on the bus. The boycott was carried out by the newly established montgomery improvement association (MIA). Martin Luther King served as president Ralph David Abernathy served program director. -
Bombing Of Birmingham Church
On September 15, 1963, the congregation of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama greeted each other before the start of Sunday service. Upon learning of the bombing at the Church, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. sent a telegram to Alabama Governor George Wallace, a staunch and vocal segregationist.
