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Brown Vs. Board of Education
Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. It signaled the end of legalized racial segregation in the schools of the United States. This was the start to blacks getting their rights. -
Emmet Till- 14 year old is killed
While visiting his relatives in Mississippi, Till went to the Bryant store with his cousins, and may have whistled at Carolyn Bryant. Her husband, Roy Bryant, and brother in law, J.W. Milam, kidnapped and murdered Till, dumping his body in the Tallahatchie River. This caused many black to become upset and protest to better rights and respect -
Rosa Parks- bus boycott
Rosa Parks refused to move seats on a bus and was arrested. On December 5th, the bus boycott begins and lasted 381 days. Martin Luther King Emerges as leader of the bus boycott and was the first large demonstration of blacks fighting for their rights -
SCLC
This event started after the bus boycott to organize a protest. Martin Luther King was elected to be the leader of it. He had corinated protest through the south like the Greenbors sitins. After Martin was assassnated the protest declined -
Little Rock 9
They picked 9 students to undergo this test of going to white schools. They were escorted to every class because whites would hurt them otherwise. The following year, all public schools closed and then later reopened August of 1959. -
Greensboro 4
Four students sat down at a lunch counter to be served. They were refused service because of their skin color. They continued to “sit in” and others joined. The protest spread out to other towns, this forced change to be made. -
Freedom Riders
2 week bus trip to the south, to violate Jim Crow’s laws. It was organized by CORE. The buses were burned and riders beaten by KKK. November 1st, white and colored signed are removed everywhere. -
March on Washington
March on Washington for jobs and freedom was to advocate for the civil and economy rights of African Americans. 250k people were in attendance at the Lincoln Memorial. MLK was the last to speak, and gave his “I have a dream speech”. This helped to pass the Civil Rights Act 1964 -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act it so whites can’t refuse black services. Forbids employers and labor unions to discriminate against any person on grounds of race, color, religion, sex, physical disability or age in job related matters. -
March on Selma/Bloody Sunday
600 students marched from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to get the right to vote. They walked 54 miles and were stopped at the voting right laws. The March took place March 21- 24 days with 25,000 marchers. -
Voting Rights Act
