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The Mongomery Bus Boycott
The Mongomery Bus Boycott was started when Rosa Parks did not give up her seat to a white man. The Boycott was a 13-month boycott orginized by the Montgomery Improvement Association. This boycott showed a sucessful way to protest in a nonviolent manner. Simply anyone protesting did not take the bus in order to make the buses lose income and show that blacks were curcial to the city. Rosa Parks actually wasn't the first to not give her seat 9 months before a 15 year old did the same. -
The Little Rock 9
Little rock 9 was a group of nine African American students who tried to attend a all-white school. They were stopped by the govoner of Arkansaw until the result of the Brown v BOE which called for desegrigation of all school. The nine were all amitted to the school and later graduated. Ernest Green was the first to graduate from Central High School. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
The Civil Rights Act of 1957 showed Congress's support of the Brown v BOE decision. It created a civil rights division of the justice system. It made sure that no one stopped another man from their right to vote. Some people believe Eisenhower only passed it for the "Black Vote". -
The Sit-in Movement
The sit-in started when 4 black students sat down at a Woolworth lunch counter. Since Woolworth was the segregated the students decided that they would just sit there until they were served which would not happen. This created the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. The students were able to buy school supplies but would not be served at the lunch counter. -
The Freedom Riders
The Freedom Riders were a group of civil right activists. They wanted to enforce the ruling that segregated buses were unconstitutional so they rode buses from the north into the south. The South ignorned the ruling and kept the buses segregated so this caused a violent outrage in the south. They were supported by The Congress of Racial Equality. About 300 of the protesters were arrested and held in Sothern jails. -
James Meredith and the Desegregation of the University of Mississippi
James Meredith was a man who repeatidly applied to Ole Miss without being accepted. With the Help of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples he sued the college for racial discrimnation. In September 1962 the court ruled in his favor. James Meridith served 9 years in the Air Force. -
Protests in Birmingham
Protests in Birmingham was orginized by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Birmingham was the most rcially divided city in the country. The protest started with a boycott meant to pressure business leaders. Then there were a series of sit-ins and marches by schools students. This resulted in over 1k arrests. After the portests worked the 16th Street Baptist Church was bombed killing 4 young girls. -
The March on Washington
The March on Washingtonmwas one of the largest political rallies for human rights in United States history. They demanded civil and economic rights for African Americans. This is where MLK Jr. delivered his I Have A Dream speech. It was esitamted that 150k people were present and about 75% were black. Many people past out from heat exhaustion. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Powers to enfore it started weak but over the years grew. It was signed it to law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. More Rebublicans voted in favor of the act than Democrats. -
The Selma March
The Selma March was led by Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The purpose was to register black voters in the south. The march took 3 straight days to reach Montgomery while under protection from the NAtional Guard, The march was about 50 miles. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed by President Lyndon Johnson. It was meant to stop state and local government from preventing African America from thier right to vote. There were six African Americans in the House of Represenatives during the passing of the Voting Rights Act. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was 39 years old and was pronounced dead at St. Joesph's Hospital. James Earl Ray is believed to be the man who completed teh assassination. He was found in a London Airport where he was found and returned to the US. He was charged with 99 years in prison. He actually was almost assassinated a decade before by a woman who stabbed him in the chest with a letter opener.
