Civil Rights Movement

By maddiejt1

  • Montgomery, Alabama

    In 1955, African Americans were required to sit int he back of the bus, and give their seats up to white riders.

  • Rosa Parks History

    Rosa Parks and her husband Raymond Parks were active int heir local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Parks was the secretary.

  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks, an African American women, refused to give her bus seat to a white man. She was arrested due to this, and fined. After her arrest, Parks contacted ED Nixon, a very important Black leader, who bailed her out of jail.

  • The Montgomery Bus Boycott Started

    This was a civil rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama. This was to protest segregation, especially in bus seating.
    The leader, Martin Luther King Jr. emergesed as a prominent leader of the Civl Rights Movement. King enforced nonviolent resistance.

  • The Montgomery Bus Boycott Ended

    This protest was considered the first large scale US demonstration against segregation.
    This large scale protest brought national and international attention to the civil rights movement in the United States. More than 100 reporters visit Alabama during this.

  • Southern Christian Leadership Conference

    Martin Luther King Jr. formed this group, a highly influential civl rights organization that fought to end more segregation in the South.

  • Rosa Parks Honored

    Throughout there life, Rosa Parks stayed away from the media, however, in 1999 the US Congress awarded her its highest honor, the Congressional Gold Medal.