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Brown vs Board
It was a Supreme Court case to end segregation. It was a 9-0 decision or unanimous, for equal protection under the 14th amendment. After the decision vidence and riots broke out, with some schools closing. -
Emmett Till
It was a 14 year old from Chicago that was visiting family in Mississippi. He was accused of whistling at a white woman. Roy Bryant and JW Milan kidnapped, bent, shot, killed and threw Emmet’s body in the river. Both men went to trial but were found not guilty. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a crowded bus to a white passenger, so she got arrested. 5 days later the bus boy boycott began and lasted 381 days. Martin Luther King emerges as the leader of the bus boycott. It became very successful since 75% of all riders are black. -
SCLC
The SCLC included boycotts, marches, and other forms of nonviolent protests and was mainly by the black community. The organization moved to the forefront of the civil rights movement algo side several other major civil rights known as the “Big Five.” Today, the SCLC is still active as a national and international human rights organization. -
Little Rock 9
It was testing Brown v Board of Education decision. 9 students were vetted to undergo this test. Following that year in 1958, all public schools closed. In August 29, 1959 schools reopened. -
Greensboro
4 college students sat down at a lunch counter at Wodworths to be served. They were refused service. Continued to “sit in” and others joined, the protest spread to other towns forced change. -
Student nonviolent coordinating committee and freedom summer
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 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
It was a 2 week bus trip to the Deep South, to deliberately violate Jim Crow Laws. The buses were burned and riders beaten by the KKK. On November 1, 1961 white and colored signs are removed from bus stations, train stations and lunch counters. -
March on Washington
The March was for jobs and freedom 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
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 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 Montegomery, 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 including MLK. arch -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
One of the most comprehensive pieces of legislation in U.S. history. Blacks were registering to vote and being elected to public office. It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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