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President Johnson
Johnson became President after the assassination of JFK. He felt that he and Congress owed it to JFK, after he died, to make sure that his Civil Rights bill was passed. Johnson announced his vision of a Great Society, where he would end racial injustice. -
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President Kennedy
JFK made a bill for civil rights, but never sent it to congress. JFK wanted Civil Rights for all, but before he could send the bill to congress he was assassinated. -
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Malcolm X
Malcolm X was the leader of the Black Muslims group. For a while Malcolm X was a black supremacist, but later changed his beliefs and resigned as leader of the Black Muslim group. He worked with Martin Luther King Jr. to try and spread motivation for Civil Rights. People from the Black Muslims group were angry and assassinated him. -
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was a very important figure during the Civil Rights Movement. He had many important speeches, and had a passion for what he did. He believed in right for everyone, and fought for what h believed in. -
Beginning of President Eisenhower's Presidential Administration
President Eisenhower signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1957. This act marks the first occasion that the federal government undertook significant action to protect the civil rights. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
A United States supreme court case about race based segregation of children into 'separate but equal' public schools is unconstitutional. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
A federal law that needed federal action against segregation in public accommodations. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
After Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus, to a white male, she was arrested. When she was arrested people were upset and began not walking instead of taking buses. -
Little Rock 9
Nine African American teenagers were integrated into Little Rock Central High, after the Brown vs. Bard of Education case. -
Greensboro Sit In
The Greensboro Sit In was a nonviolent protest against a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. -
Beginning of President Kennedy's Presidential Administration
JFK was elected as president after promising rights. JFK wrote a bill, during his administration that he sent to congress, regarding rights, but it never got passed. This bill would guarantee equal access to faculties and to end segregation in education. -
Freedom Rides
A nonviolent protest that had civil rights activists on interstate buses that traveled in the segregated south. -
Letters from Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King Jr. wrote letters from the Birmingham jail regarding why he was there. -
Beginning of President Johnson's Presidential Administration
President Johnson made sure that JFK's bill was passed regarding civil rights. Johnson then spoke about his 'Great Society' where there was no racial injustice. -
March on Washington
A March was put together at Washington, D.C, where Martin Luther King Jr. said one of his famous speeches 'I Have A Dream.' Many people came to support and the people who put it together were not prepared. -
John F. Kennedy Assassination
After JFK's driver decided to go a different route, Kennedy was then shot twice, and later died. -
Malcolm X Assassination
Black Muslim member's were not happy about Malcolm resigning his leadership of the group, so he was killed because he changed his beliefs. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination
Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed outside of his hotel, that he was staying at. When Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated many people were devastated because he was the kind of person who was able to motivate the people who did not want to do anything to stop this.