Civil Rights Movement

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  • Brown V. Board of Education

    This decision, handed down by the supreme court of the United States of America, was described as the moment that launched the modern civil right movement.

  • The Montgomery Bus Boycott

    On December 1st, 1955, Rosa Parks had been arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Parks was convicted for disorderly conduct and violating a local ordinance.

  • The Campaign of Massive Resistance to School Desegfegation

    Arkansas Governor, Orval bus, ordered his state"s national guard to bar entry to nice African-Americans students to Little Rocks Central High School. The nearly month-long confrontation ended when President Eisenhower sent US troop to protect students.

  • Freedom Rides

    Freedom Rides were journeys made by civil rights activist to the Southern States oft he USA. The journeys were made to test a supreme court decision, Boynton V. Virginia (1960), which ruled that segergation was unconstitutional on interstate travel.

  • Interstate Commerce Commission

    On November 1st, 1961, the Interstate Commerce Commission which had been created by John F. Kennedy's administration, that issued a desegregation order.

  • The Letter from Birmingham

    The letter from Birmingham jail, also known as the Letter from Birmingham city jail and the negro is your brother is an open letter written on April 16, 1963 by Martin Luther King JR.

  • March on Washington

    In August 1963, a quarter of a million people marched down the National Mall in Washington D.C calling for 'jobs and freedom'. The march actually had six official goals; calling for meaningful civil rights law; a massive federal work program; full and fair employment; decent housing; the right to vote and adequate integrated education.

  • Civil Rights Act

    This is a landmark civil rights and US labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or National origin.

  • Race Riot in Harlem

    Racism had excluded black people not only from the voting booth but also from accumulation of wealth and resources, a historical reality that could not be addressed by legal protection in the present.

  • The March from Selma to Montgomery

    Civil rights groups had undertaken an ambitious voter registration program in Selma Alabama but met with opposition from the City's sheriff backed up by violence from the police.