Civil Rights Movement

By yuzuyuzu113

  • Amendments following the Civil War (late 1800s)

    Although the Civil War put an end to slavery. Therefore, the 13th
    Amendments gave African Americans the rights: citizenship and the right to vote. However, African Americans were still not treated as equals in many cases. These
    amendments are important because they show that there is progress, but the Civil
    Rights movement is a continuation of these amendments because they were not
    being followed completely.
    , 14th
    , and 15th

  • Plessy vs. Ferguson

    This court case was the way that the US government allowed segregation. The idea that “separate but equal” was used to justify separating whites from African Americans in transportation, public places, and schools.

  • Brown vs. The Board of Education

    This case overturned the idea of “separate but equal” that the case Plessy vs. Ferguson had used in justifying segregation. This case established that it was unconstitutional to segregate the population on the basis of race.
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    The Montgomery Bus Boycott

    The Montgomery Bus Boycott 1955-56 This was a protest against segregation. With the leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr, the 50,000 African Americans of Montgomery, Alabama chose not to use the public bus system. It was a great example of people uniting for a cause.

  • Rosa Parks arrested

    Rosa Parks was arrested for sitting in the white section of the bus. Because she did not give up her seat or move to the back, she was arrested for not following the segregation laws. Her arrest was an event that got many white and African American people involved in the civil right movement under the leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr.

  • Little Rock Central High School (2 events)

    Little Rock Central High School 1957 (2 events) Two important events took place in this year at this school. The governor was so angry about desegregation that he cancelled school for the whole state. Then when the president made Governor Faubus integrate the school, nine brave African American students entered the high school. There were angry white people protesting, and there were soldiers from the National Guard protecting them and keeping the peace so that the integration would n

  • Assassination of Malcolm X February 21, 1965

    Malcolm X was a leader of African Americans who were looking for inspiration in Islam. He went on a pilgrimage to Mecca and stopped asking for division among the races. However, when he was assassinated, his popularity and his ideas increased.

  • The Watts Riots

    This was a tragic event. Many were injured and sixteen people died. This incident shows that many African Americans were still living in poverty and felt that violence was the only way to react when an African American man was arrested.

  • The Voting Rights Act

    President Johnson signed this, and it was an important step to establish African Americans’ voting rights. It ended poll taxes and literacy tests, which were ways that some states, especially in the south, were trying to ban non-white voters.