Civil Rights ch. 21

By 14tabomr

  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

    The court case to Desegregate public schools.

  • Black Woman arrested for refusal to give up her bus seat

    Black Woman arrested for refusal to give up her bus seat
    Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1957

    Gave the attorney general greater power over school desegregation.

  • College Desegregation

    Riot that fiollowed James Meredith court case win to enroll in an all- white university (Ole Miss). There were 2 deaths, thousands of soldiers, 200 arrests, and 15 hours to stop the rioting.

  • Kennedy Takes A Stand

    Kennedy Takes A Stand
    Kennedy sends troops to force Governor Wallace to honor a court order desegregating the University of Alabama.

  • The Dream of Equality

    The Dream of Equality
    Martin Luther King presented his "I Have A Dream Speech."

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    The civil rights act of 1964 prohibited the discrimination of any person due to race, religion, origin, and gender.

  • Selma Campaign (1st attempt)

    600 protestors set out for Montgomery, Alabama. television cameras caught the protestors being brutally beaten with whips and clubs as wel as being doused with clouds of tear gas and was brodcasted over national television.