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1954- Brown vs. The Board Of Education
The brown vs board of education case was caused by racial segregation of children in public schools, which violated the Equal Protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This segregation of schools caused many people to take the matter to court to correct the violation of the law, and end segregation in public schools. So in the 1954 the Brown vs. Board of Education took place in the Supreme Court. And got the civil rights moment one step closer to having equal rights for everyone. -
1955- The Montgomery Bus Boycott
In December 1955 Rosa Parks took the bus home from her job as a hardworking seamstress. She sat in the first row of the "Black" section. When the bus started to get full the bus driver asked her to move o the back so the the young white male could have a place to sit. Rosa Parks refused and was arrested in her home town of Montgomery,Alabama. Just by refusing to move Rosa sparked a revaluation. After her arrest people boycotted riding the busses until the segregation of transportation was ended. -
1957-Desegregation at Little Rock
In 1957 at Little Rock High School a once segregated all white High School was told that they had to intergrate, and later that month they would be sending in federal troops to take the little rock nine into the school to prevent any conflict and harm to the students or others. Although there were many protest against the integration of the school the intagration of all public schools continued and ended all segregation in public schools. -
1960- Sit-In Campaign
In 1960 four African American college students went up to a "whites only" counter and ordered coffee. When the service when refused, the students sat and waited. Little did they know they had started a new peaceful protest that would help them there get civil rights. The sit-ins were completely peaceful. When the police came to take them to jail a new group of people would sit in their place till the police came for them. -
1961- The Freedom Riders
In 1961 C.O.R.E. activists planned to have the first freedom ride to challenge the laws mandating segregation interstate transport. So white and African Americans rode the bus though the south to see if theses laws were applied. It started in Washington D.C. And ended in New Orleans. The ride was going well till they got to Anniston, Alabama and were met by an angry mob that slashed there tiers and set the bus aflame, and many of the riders were attacted white and black. -
1962-Mississippi Riot
In 1962 James Meredith, an African American, enrolled to be in the University of Mississippi Camus. Setting off a riot. They had him escorted to school and had 3,000 federal soldiers for the racial violence that caused two deaths. When Meridith tried to register the office was blocked off by the governor Ross Barnett. But in the end he graduated in 1963 from the school of Mississippi. -
1964- Signing o the Civil Rights Act
In 1964 the civil rights act ended segregation in public places and more based on the color, race, sex, religion, or national origin, was signed into law by president Lyden B. Johnson. -
Selma
In 1965 Martin Luther King Jr. SCLC made Selma, Alabama the focus to register black voters in the south. The March from Selma to Montgomery were met with violence by the local and state authorities, but protesters finally met there goal, walking around clock for three days to reach the destination Montgomery,Alabama to help raise awareness for the struggle of African Americans in the United States. -
1963- Briminham March on Washington
On Augest 28, 1973, more then 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington,D.C. For a rally called the March on Washington. The event was to enlighten people about th challenges of African Americans. Which included Martin Luther King's very well known spech "I have a dream" that called for racial equality. -
Sources
1954
www.pbs.org/went/supremecourt/rights/landmark_braw.html
1955
www.ushistory.org/us/54b.asp
1957
www.history.com/topics/black-history/central-high-school-integration
1960
www.ushistory.org/us/54d.asp
1961
www.ushistory.org/us/54b.asp
1962
www.history.com/this-day-in-history/riots-over-desegregation-of-ole-miss
1963
www.histoy.com/topics/black-history/March-on-Washington
1965
www.history.com/topics/black-history/Selma-Montgomery-march -
Description of the civil rights movment
The civil rights movment was all about getting equal rights for everyone no matter what gender, color of skin, race, or anything that they cant control that's apart of them. Because it souldnt matter what your gender or race is because we are all human.
