Civil Rights Movement 2024

By Jason W. v2

  • Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court Ruling

    This law states that segregation of public schools violates the 14th Amendment.

  • Arrest of Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks refused to give her seat away to a white person and was arrested because of this action.

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Blacks would come together to protest against riding buses to support the actions of Rosa Parks.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1957 is Passed

    This was aimed at African Americans especially but gave all citizens the right to vote.

  • Little Rock Nine Intervention

    9 African Americans were being harassed by the racially segregated students of the school after Congress passed the 14th Amendment. This President decided to step in and sent in bodyguards for the African Americans.

  • The Birmingham Children’s March

    Over 5,000 students marched to the mayor of Birmingham to talk about segregation.

  • I Have a Dream Speech

    Martin Luther King Jr. made the most famous speech ever known, emphasizing segregation.

  • Medgar Evers shooting

    Medgar Evers, a 37-year-old civil rights activist, was shot and killed on the stairs of his house.

  • 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing

    A terrorist group which consisted of white supremacists, bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964 is passed

    Signed by President Lyndon Johnson, it prohibited discrimination in public places, allowed different races to be integrated into schools and other public facilities, and made employment discrimination illegal.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965 is passed

    This prohibited the procedures previously needed to vote and allowed voting for all citizens no matter their color or race.

  • Assassination of Malcolm X

    3 men were convicted of ambushing and fatally shooting Malcolm X while he was delivering a speech.

  • Black Panther Party is formed

    An organization that was created for Black nationalism, socialism, and armed self-defense, particularly against police brutality.

  • Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court ruling

    This states that laws that ban interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

  • Martin Luther King, Jr. was Assassinated

    MLK was beloved by many, especially by the black community, but was assassinated and caused a huge outbreak of distrust among the blacks.