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Montgomery bus boycott
Montgomery bus boycott- was a 13-month mass protest that ended with the U.S. Martin Luther King, Jr. because a prominent civil rights leader as international. The roots of the bus boycott began years before the arrest of Rosa parks. The bus system, no one standing over empty seats a decree that black individuals not be made to pay at the front of the bus -
Little Rock Nine
Little rock Nine- started September 4, 1957 to September 25, 1957. A white mob gathered in front of the school and governor Orval Faubus deployed the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the black students from entering. Little Rock incident was becoming an international embarrassment -
The Greensboro Sit-Ins
The Greensboro Sit-Ins- February 1st 1960 four young black college students sit down at a Woolworth and ask to be served coffee. The protest continued each day that week on Saturday fourteen hundred students arrived. The 1960 sit-ins began without the assistance of any organization -
Kings March On Washington D.C.
Kings March on Washington D.C.- was for jobs and freedom, held on august 28, 1963 in Washington, D.C. Throughout 1962 civil rights had been discussing the need for a large national demonstration to push for federal legislation. Over 250,000 demonstrators converged on Washington, D.C., in what was the largest protest -
Selma Montgomery March
Selma Montgomery March- Started in march 21, 1965 to march 25, 1965. Martin Luther king led thousands of nonviolent demonstrators to the steps of capitol in Montgomery. There was never was a moment in American history more honorable and more inspiring than the pilgrimage of clergymen -
Watts Riots
Watts Riots- The riots resulted in the deaths of 34 people while more than 1,000 were injured and more that 40 million. Public officials and the news media offered conflicting interpretations of the wats riots in their immediate -
Newark Riots 1967
Newark Riots 1967- took place in Newark, new jersey from July 12 through July 17, 1967, was sparked by a display of police brutality. Around 8:00 p.m. black Newark cab drivers began to circulate the report of smith’s arrest on their radios. -
Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike
Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike- event was in February 12, 1968 to April 16, 1968. On February 1st two Memphis garbage collectors Echol Cole and Robert Walker, were crushed to death by a malfunctioning -
LA Riots
LA Riots- On march 3, 1991, paroled felon Rodney King led police on a high-speed chase through the streets of Los Angeles. It boiled after four L.A.P.D officers were found not guilty of assaulting king. 60 people dead and produced about 1 billion in damage. -
Ferguson Mo. 2014
Ferguson Mo. 2014- Michael Brown was shot by a white cop at August 9, 2014. The cop shot him because he said that Michael tried to grab his gun and the cop just pulled the trigger. People started a riot out of the outrage that a white cop killed a black boy -
Baltimore Protest 2015
Baltimore Protest 2015- there was a large peaceful protest for the spinal injury of Freddie Gray that was caused by the police. But when Freddie Gray died the protest turned into a riot and the people became violent.
