Civil rights

By Kimishot
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    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.

  • Brown V Board of Education

    Brown V Board of Education
    -It was a Supreme Court case to end segregation. -9-10 decision
    - or unanimous, for equal protection under the 14th Amendment.
    -After the decision vidence and riots broke out,with some schools closing.

  • Emmet Till

    Emmet Till
    -14 year old boy from Chicago, visiting family in Mississippi.
    -Accused of whistling at a white woman.
    -RoyBryant and JW Milan kidnap, beat, shot, killed and then threw Emets body in the river.
    -MaimeTill, Emmets mother had an open casket funeral.
    -Both men stood trial, and found not guilty.
    Spark to start the civil rights movement

  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks
    Dec 1,1955-Rosa Parks refused to move seats and she is arrested.
    Dec 5,1955-Bus Boycott begins and last 381 days.
    Martin Luther King emerges as the leader of the bus boycott 1st large scale demonstration-nonviolent into the US.
    Very successful because 75% of all riots are black.

  • SCLC

    SCLC
    -Started after the bus boycott to organize protest
    -MLK was elected as president of it.
    -Organzied protest around the south to coordinate events, such as: Greensboro sit ins, March on Washington & Selma.
    -After MLK’s assassinattion it declines.
    -This still exists today.

  • Little Rock 9

    Little Rock 9
    -testing brown V Board of Education decision.
    -9 students were voted to undergo this test.
    -Airborn 101 escorted students to class.
    -Following year all public schools closed(1958)
    -Aug 29,1959-Schools reopened.

  • Greensboro

    Greensboro
    4 college students sat down at a lunch counter at woodoworth to be served. They were refused service. Continued to “sit in” and others joined, the protest spread to other towns forced change.

  • Student Nonviolent Cordinating Committee & freedom summer

    Student Nonviolent Cordinating Committee & freedom summer
    Youth group of students fiercely independent of MLK and SCLC generation their own projects and strategies. the two organizations worked side by side through the early years of civil rights movements. 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 Crowlaws. It was organized by CORE. The buses were burned and riders beaten by the KKK. Nov 1,1961 white and colored signs are removed from bus stations, train stations and lunch counters.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964
    -can not be refused service
    *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
    -Prohibits discrimination against race,color,religion,national origin,sex, or physical disability.

  • March of Selma/Bloody Sunday

    March of 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.
    25,000 marches including MLK.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

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