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Brown v. Education
this Topeka Kansas case brown v. board of education this case led to the end of school segregation and the Sibley Commison questioning schools about school segregation -
Formation of SCLC
following the Montgomery Bus Boycotts Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. along with Bayard Rustin, Ella Baker, and others, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. invited about 60 black ministers and leaders to Ebenezer Church in Atlanta for one purpose to advance in civil and political rights. -
Formation of sncc
by college students who had emerged as leaders of the sit-in protest movement initiated on February 1 of that year by four black college students in Greensboro, North Carolina. Although Martin Luther King, Jr. and others had hoped that SNCC would serve as the youth wing of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) sncc would stand alone in seperate protest such as the Albany Movement. -
Admission of Charlayne Hunter & Hamilton Holmes into the University of Georgia
it was when 2 african americans applied for uga and were denied in 1959,and it basically led to a court case which the jude stated Hunter and Homes would have already been admitted if it were not for race.And the two were admitted all because schools did not want to integrate.Holmes died on October 26 1995,While charlayne still lives as a journalist -
Freedom Riders
the first ride was held when 7 African-Americans and 13 white civil rights activists launched the Freedom Rides, a series of bus trips through the American South to protest segregation in interstate bus terminals. -
Albany Movement
Sncc along with SCLC came together to desegregate the city.Though it led to 1,000 blacks jail time and was a failure. -
March on Washington
One of the biggest rallies demanding civil rights pressuring the adminstration to give african americans and minorities rights over 200,000 supporters gathered as Dr.Martin Luther King gave his famous ''I HAVE A DREAM'' speech -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which ENDED segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This act was also signed by Lyndon Johnson 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 -
Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Montegomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks inspired many african americans to refuse to ride buses when she would not give up her seat up to a white man she was later fined and arrested.this brought many protest lasting for 13 months
