Civil Rights

By portillo-leslie

  • Brown V Board of Education

    Brown V Board of Education
    Brown v Board of Education- Supreme Court decision.
    - Brown v Board of Education was one of the cornerstone of the civil rights movement.
    - It helped establish “Seperate-but-equal” for each education and other services.

    - It separated children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional.

  • Emmet Till

    Emmet Till
    • 14 year old boy from Chicago, visiting family
    • Accused of whistling at a white women
    • Roy Bry and JE Milann kidnap, beat, shot, killed, and then threw Emmet’s body in the river.
    • Maime Till, Emmet’s mother had an open casket funeral.
    • Both men stood trial, and found not guilty.
    • Spark to start Civil Rights Movement.

  • Bus Boycott

    Bus Boycott
    • Rosa Parks refused to move from her seat on a bus and was arrested.
    • Bus boycott begins and last 381 days
    • Martin Luther King emerges as the leader of the bus boycott, 1st large scale demonstration-non violent in the US.

  • Southern Christian Leadership

    Southern Christian Leadership
    • Started after the bus boycott to organize protest.
    • Martin Luther King was elected as President.
    • Organized protest around the south to coordinate events, such as Greensboro sit ins, March on Washington, and Selma.
    • After MLK’s assassination it declines.
    • It still exists today.

  • Little Rock 9-Arkansas

    Little Rock 9-Arkansas
    • Testing Brown v Board of Education decision
    • 9 s tudents were vetted to undergo this test
    • Airborne escorted students to class
    • Aug 29, 1958 - schools reopened

  • Greensboro, North Carolina

    Greensboro, North Carolina
    • Four college students sat down at a Lunch counter at Woodworths to be served. They were refused service. They continued to “sit in” and others joined. The protest spread to other towns and forced change.

  • Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

    Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
    Youth group of students remained fiercely independent MLK and SCLC, generating their own projects and strategies. The two organizations worked side by side throughout the early years of the civil rights movement. This group was the second half of the Freedom riders and were a part of the March to Selma.

  • Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders
    2 week bus trip to the Deep South, to deliberately violate Jim Crow Laws. It was organized by CORE. The buses were burned and riders were beaten by the KKK Nov 1, 1961. The white and colored sign are renewed from bus stations, train stations, and lunch counters.

  • March on Washington

    March on Washington
    March on Washington for jobs and freedom was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. 250,000 people were in attendance at the Lincoln Memorial. MLK was the last to speak, and gave his “I have a dream” speech. 70-80% of marchers were black. It helped to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964
    • Blacks cannot be refused service. Forbids employers and labor unions to discriminate against any person on grounds of race, color, religion, ethnicity, sex, physical disability or age in job related matters. Prohibits discrimination against race, color, religion, ethnicity, sex, or physical disability.

  • March on Selma/Bloody Sunday

    March on Selma/Bloody Sunday
    600 students march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to get the right to vote. They walked 54 miles and were stopped at the bridge. Seen on national television. LBJ order the passage of 1965 voting rights law. 2nd march took place March 21-24 with 25,000 including MLK.

  • Voting Rights of 1965

    Voting Rights of 1965
    One of the most comprehensive pieces of legislation in US history. Blacks were registering to vote and being elected to public office.