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Malcolm X
Was the most effective leader of the nation of Islam. He Urged African Americans to be proud of their ethnicity. -
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Led the bus boycott and believed in non-violent protests. This publicized him and made him the leader he was. Becomes the national Civil Rights leader -
Brown vs. Board of Education
A case that ended the separate but equal schools and segregation laws. Linda Brown's parents sued the Topeka Board of Education when she could not attend the school there. -
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Civil Rights Movement
To end segregation and get equal rights for all Americans, no matter the race or color. A movement that started in the 1950's and is still a problem to this day. -
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Bus Boycott
African Americans or anyone who opposed segregation stopped riding the bus to project a message against segregation and until they change their basis to "first come, first serve". This started after Rosa Parks was arrested for an unjust act upon the bus. Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus. Started the stage of active protesting -
Crisis in Little Rock
Governor of Arkansas disobeys the Supreme Court's desegregation law. Arkansas police and the Arkansas National Guard stopped African American students from entering the school. President orders the army to escort the African American students into the school as a result. -
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing
When Birmingham achieved racial desegregation, a church (a former headquarter of MLK) was bombed, killing four African American girls. This showed that racial hatred still lingered. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
After President Kennedy was assassinated, Vice LBJ became the new president passing the strongest Civil Rights law in history. It banned any sort of segregation. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
In 1965, President LBJ passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 giving African Americans the right to vote. -
Dr. King’s assassination
King's assassination made many of his supporters lose faith and caused the exact opposite of this goal: they started preaching hostility, not peace, among races
