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Supreme Court ruled racial segregation
In 1954 the Supreme Court ruled racial segregation in public schools. Several segregation leaders said that the desegregated decisions failed the rights of the states to be in control of the system of public schools, they replied with delays, or token compliance. The effect was that school desegregation continued on very slowly. At the end of the 1950's a small number of 10 percent of black children were being present at integrated schools. -
Rosa Parks
In 1955 a 42 year old woman by the name of Rosa parks was riding the bus home after work and sat at the front of the bus but at the time segregation laws stated that blacks must sit in a designated seat at the back of the bus. Then a white man got on the bus and there were no more seats at the front so the bus driver asked Rosa and three other black people to give up there seats and move she refused and then was arrested. -
Black people attend formerly segregated schools
In 1957 nine black students arrived at Central High School to attend classes but instead of that they were met by the national guard and a threatening mob screaming. Then a couple weeks later the decided to try again this time the got in and made it inside but then were removed for there safety when violence occurred after. The students faced continual harassment and prejudice. There effort brought a lot of much needed attention to this important topic and fueled protest. -
College Students
In 1960 four college students took a stand against segregation when the decided to stand there ground and not leave a lunch counter. After that hundreds of people joined their cause some were arrested. There efforts lead demonstrations with no disturbance in many cities and made it easier to launch Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to give support to all students to get involved in civil rights movement. -
African Americans high expectations
January 1961 African Americans had a strong belief for the new administrations when president Kennedy took office.His limited extent victory and small working margin in Congress left him careful to avoid potential problems. He designated unprecedented numbers of African American at a level above average positions in the administration and the Civil Rights Commission become stronger. -
Racial Equality
In May 1961 The Congress of Racial Equality integrated the right to refuse to obey segregation being transported. When a bus was burned down the riders were unfortunately attacked with baseball bats. When Robert Kennedy found out the news he sent 400 federal marshals to keep the riders safe and encourage the Interstate Commerce Commission to arrange the desegregation of carried on travel. -
President Kennedy Assasinated
In 1963 president Kennedy was assassinated. The bill was left in the control of Lyndon B. Johnson. Before he became vice president Johnson had perform duties more than 20 years in Congress as a congress man. He used his relationship associated with southern white Congress leaders. With president Kennedy being assassinated the Civil Rights Act was moved along in order to honor Kennedy. -
Civil Rights Movement
In 1963 was one of the mot important events of civil rights which was the March on Washington. It was arranged and the civil rights leaders were present including Martin Luther King Jr. Over 200,000 African American and white people gathered into a crowd for the peaceful march but the main purpose of the march was to establish equality for everyone. The main spark was to make King's speech stand out. -
March with a violent turn
In 1965 the civil rights movement had a physical twist to it. They were protesting the killing of black civil rights activist. When they came near a bridge they were being blocked by police. The protester were beat and hospitalized by police officers. The whole thing was on TV and was then known as "Bloody Sunday" King hoped for non violence protest and then soon gained federal protection for another March. -
Fair Housing Act
In 1968 Fair Housing Act became a law. A couple days after king got assassinated. The Fair Housing Act helped keep discrimination based on race and so on. It was the last legislation enacted during civil rights. The civil rights movement gave the authority for blacks in America. Protester of all race brought the subject of legislation to end segregation.
