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The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, AL for a white man.african Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating.
*fun fact; Black churches across the country donated shoes to the boycotters who were wearing out their shoes walking. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
protect individual’s rights to equal protection and permitted courts to grant injunctions in support of the CRC. The Act established the U.S. Justice Department as a guarantor of the right to vote. The Act ended official racial segregation in the public schools.
funfact*; On one occasion, Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, a former Ku Klux Klan member, spoke for over 14 consecutive hours. -
The Little Rock 9
Governor Orval Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling at Central High School. it was an all white school. only 9 AA kids entered. the govener ordered troops to block them from going inside the school.
*fun fact : Before going to school, Lois Patillo told her daughter Melba "Smile, no matter what. Remember, not everyone approved of what Jesus did, but that didn't stop him." -
The Sit-in Movement
when four black students from North Carolina A&T College sat down at a Woolworth lunch counter in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina.
fun fact:*Many of the protesters involved in sit-ins were arrested on various charges including disturbing the peace, trespassing, and disorderly conduct. -
The Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern. In September 1961, the Interstate Commerce Commission issued regulations prohibiting segregation in bus and train stations nationwide.
funfact*:Some towns were easier to travel than others, but when the Freedom Riders reached Atlanta and Alabama they were either beaten or the bus was set on fire. -
James Meredith and the Desegregation of the University of Mississippi
an African-American man named James Meredith attempted to enroll at the University of Mississippi. Chaos briefly broke out on the Ole Miss campus, with riots ending in two dead, hundreds wounded and many others arrested, after the Kennedy administration called out some 31,000 National Guardsmen and other federal forces to enforce order.
fun fact;* ames Meredith, now 79, is working to improve the public education system in Mississippi, which he says never achieved real integration. -
Protests in Birmingham
housands of children left their schools in Birmingham, Alabama, to march for civil rights. Police officers responded by using water cannons and dogs to attack and then arrest the children.
fun facts* The bombed hotel where Dr. King was staying -
The March on Washington
Americans gathered in Washington, D.C., for a political rally known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, a spirited call for racial justice and equality.
fun fact; Many people passed out from heat exhaustion. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
fun fact: More Republicans voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act than Democrats. -
The Selma March
martin luther king jr started a march to selma to register black voters in the South. finally achieved their goal, walking around the clock for three days to reach Montgomery.
fun fact:*he black people at this time were living in much filthier, poor conditions than the white. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment (1870) to the Constitution of the United States.
fun fact: In 1975, “American Indian, Asian American, Alaskan Natives or people of Spanish heritage” were included. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and mortally wounded as he stood on the second-floor balcony outside his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn. He was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. at St. Joseph Hospital.
fun fact: After a two-month long, international manhunt, Ray was captured on June 8, 1968 at London's Heathrow Airport.
