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Brown vs Board of Education
It was a Supreme Court case to end segregation. 9-0 decisions or unanimous,for equal protection under the 14th amendment. After the decision vidente and riots broke out, with some schools closing. -
Emmett Till
14 year old boy from Chicago, visiting family in Mississippi. He was accused of whistling at a white women. Roy Bryant and JW Milan kidnap, beat, shot, killed, and threw Emmet’s body in the river. His mom had an open casket funeral , so everyone could see the damage they had caused. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to move seats and she is arrested on December 1, 1955. On December 5, 1955, the bus boycott began and lasted 381 days. Martin Luther King emerges as the leader of the bus boycott. -
SCLC
Testing Brown v Board of Education decision. 9 students were vetted to undergo this test. Airborn 101 escorted students to class. The following years all public schools were closed (1958). On August 29, 1959 schools reopened. -
Little Rock 9
Testing Brown vs board of education decision. 9 students were vetted to undergo this test. Airborn 101 escorted students to class. -
Greensboro
4 college students sat down at a lunch counter atwoodworths to be served. They were refused service. Continued to “sit in” and others joined the protest served to other towns forced chase. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and Freedom
Youth group of students remained fiercely independent of MLK and SCLC , generating their own projects and strategies. The two organizations worked side by side throughout the early years if 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
It was a 2 week bus trip to the Deep South to deliberately violate J.C.L. The buses were burned and riders beaten by KKK. On November 1, 1961 white and colored signs are removed from the bus stations. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington 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 pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The act can not be refused for service. It forbids employers and labor unions to discriminate against any person or grounds of race, color, religion, sex, physical disability or age in a job related matters. It also prohibits discrimination against race, color, religion, national origin, sex, or physical disability. -
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. They were seen on national television. LBJ ordered the passage of 1965 voting rights law. 2nd m took place on March 21-24 with 25,000 marches included MLK. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
One of the most comprehensive pieces of legislation in US History. Blacks were registering to vote and being elected to public office.