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The Supreme Court declared segregation on buses that crossed state borders was illegal.
this small act was the start of many new acts against the civil rights. after this act, there was no pecific places where certin people could sit. even thugh this was only for state border busses, it was still a large act. (https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Morgan_v_Virginia). -
Discrimination in the armed forces was banned.
this meant that you could be of any race to be in the military. this had a positive effect on both, the U.S government, and the "colored" people because they could get a job, and the U.S Government got stronger (https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/the-civil-rights-movement-in-america-1945-to-1968/american-civil-rights-timeline/). -
Brown vs. The Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), was a national United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. This is important in the Civil rights movement because it ends up with Brown winning and the African American students can now go to school. -
The Emmett Till Murder
Emmett Till was 14-years old when he was murdered after a women was offended by him in her family's grocery store. This is important to the civil rights movement because it shows the violence that happened to what African Americans had to go through. -
Rosa Parks Arrest
On 1 December 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white passenger on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. This single act of peaceful resistance sparked the Montgomery bus boycott, an eleven-month struggle to desegregate the city's buses. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political and social protest against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. It was a important event in the Civil Rights Movement. -
Little Rock Desegregation
The little rock desegregation crisis was, after Brown vs. The Board of Education case, when 9 African American students enrolled in to Little Rock Central High School. This is important in the civil rights movement because it is showing desegregation. -
The Temple Bombing
In the early hours of October 12, 1958, fifty sticks of dynamite exploded in a recessed entrance way at the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation, Atlanta's oldest and most prominent synagogue, more commonly known as "the Temple." The incident was but the most recent in a string of bombings throughout the nation affecting churches and synagogues associated with the Civil Rights movement. -
Sit-In, Atlanta, Georgia
In March 1960, students from Atlanta's six historically black colleges organized a series of sit-ins at area lunch counters to protest the city's legally sanctioned segregation. Local retailers subsequently agreed to negotiate with representatives from the recently formed student group Committee on Appeal for Human Rights, but neither side evinced a willingness to compromise. This is important to the Civil rights movement because in September 1961 lunch counters were desegregated. -
Albany Campaign
In November 1961, residents of Albany, Georgia, launched an ambitious campaign to eliminate segregation in all facets of local life. The movement captured national attention one month later when local leaders invited Martin Luther King, Jr. to join the protest. Despite King's involvement, the movement failed to secure concessions from local officials and was consequently deemed unsuccessful by many observers. -
Birmingham Bombing
The bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, was one of the deadliest acts of violence to take place during the Civil Rights movement and evoked criticism and outrage from around the world. On the morning of September 15, 1963, as the congregation's children prepared for annual Youth Day celebrations, a bomb exploded in the stairwell of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church killing four girls and injuring dozens of others in the assembly. -
The March on Washington
The March on Washington was for Jobs and Freedom was held in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, August 28, 1963. Also on this day Martin Luther King Jr., made his famous "I have a dream..." speech which influenced the fight for civil rights. -
Civil rights act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin, is considered one of the crowning legislative achievements of the civil rights movement. -
Martin Luther King Jr was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
In Oslo, Norway, on October 14 the Nobel Peace prize for 1964 was awarded to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The 35-year-old civil rights leader is the youngest winner of the prize that Dr. Alfred Nobel instituted since the first was awarded in 1901. -
Selma March to Montgomery
The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery. This is important because it was one of the biggest peaceful protest held. -
Sources
(https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/the-civil-rights-movement-in-america-1945-to-1968/american-civil-rights-timeline/). http://crdl.usg.edu/events/?Welcome. https://www.aarp.org/politics-society/history/info-2018/civil-rights-events-fd.html. https://www.gettysburgflag.com/timeline-american-civil-rights/
