Civil rights

By rexy1

  • Brown V. Board of Education

    There was a decision that was answered in the Brown V. Board of Education case that was declared separate but equal doctrine unconstitutional. This decision gave LDF a celebrated victory and marked a point for fighting civil rights in U.S. history.

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    This was a civil rights protest where African Americans would refuse to ride buses in the city of Montgomery to protest the segregated seating happening. This was known as the first large scale U.S. demonstration against segregation.

  • Little Rock Nine

    With federal troops escort the Little Rock Nine went for their first day of school. Arkansas National Guard troops would remain to be inside the school all the way to October.

  • North Carolina AT University

    Four African American students from this university protested at a Woolsworth white only lunch counter in Greensboro where they were not served food due to their race. It was known to be the Greensboro sit in which would then create the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

  • MLK Conference

    This was the largest conference of civil rights gathering at the time to listen to Martin Luther King speak for Jobs and Freedom of many African American citizens. This march was successful in pressuring JFK to intiate a civil rights bill in congress.

  • Civil Rights Act of Discrimination

    An act that was signed into law by LBJ that prohibted discrimination in public that provided integration of schools an also made employment discrimination illegal. This successfullry outlawed segragation in multiple businesses.

  • Spider Martin photography

    Spider's best photo known as Two Minute Warning showed marchers facing a line of state troopers in Selma before protestors were beaten by police which was then known as Bloody Sunday. 600 activists went to the downtown church where they walked silently next to each other through the city streets.

  • Voting Rights Act

    At this time President LBJ signed the Voting Rights Act into Law. This would then outlaw the voting practices that were in many southern states after the Civil War.

  • MLK death

    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed on a hotel balcony in Memphis Tennessee. He was known to be a clergymen and Hero that is still represented to this day.

  • Civil Rights Act

    At this time President LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act into law. This included the fair housing act after the assasination of MLK.