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1954-Brown V Board of education
-It is a supreme court case ends segregation.
-the vote was 9-0- or unamious.
- It is a great decision, however there was a lot of vidense after the ruling. -
1955- Emmet Till
-14 year old boy from Chicago, visiting Mississippi
-Accused of whistling at a white women.
-Roy Bryant and Jew Milan Will kidnap, beat, shoot kill, thrown into a lake Emmit Till
- Maime Till has an open casket for his funeral -
1955- Rosa Parks
Rosa parks was from Montgomery, Alabama. She helped with the civil rights movement. She had refused to go to the back of the bus so she was arrested. On December 5, a boycott of buses lasted 38 days. -
1957-SCLC
SCLC is the founding of southern Christian leadership conference. It started after the bus boycott to organize protests. Martin Luther king had been elected president. -
1957-Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine tested Brown v Board of education decision. Nine students were interviewed to undergo this test. Airborne 101 took students to class. -
1960-Greensboro Sit-In
The Greensboro Sit-In we’re protest that we’re nonviolent. It includesd college student. Four college students sat down at a lunch counter at Woolworth’s to be served. -
1960-SNCC
SNCC stands for Student Nonviolent coordinating Committee. The purpose of SNCC was to coordinate youth-led nonviolent campaigns against segregation or any other way of racism. SNCC members played roles in the freedom Rides Sit-Ins and March on Washington. -
1961-Freedom Riders
The Freedom Ridess was a two week trip. It was a trip to the Deep South to deliberately violate the Jim Crow Laws. It was all organized by Core -
1963-March on Washington
For jobs and Freedom was to educate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. 250,000 people were in attendance at the Lincoln memorial. Milk was the last to speak, and gave his “I have a dream Speech”. -
1964-Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act was signed by President Lyndon Johnson. This law prohibited discrimination in public places and made employment discrimination illegal. It prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
1965-Bloody Sunday
The Selma to Montgomery Marches were three marches that took place in Alabama. The marches were organized to protest the right of Black Americans to vote. It was called Bloody Sunday because state troopers attacked marchers that were unarmed after passing the county line. -
1965-Voting Right Act
The Voting Rights Act was signed by President Lyndon B.Johnson. It was made to overcome legal barriers at state and local levels. It prevented African Americans from their right to vote as guaranteed from the 15th amendment.