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Brown v. Board of Education
Topeka, Kansas
May 17th, 1954
The court case that overruled the Plessy v. Ferguson
In a public school in Topeka, Kansas Oliver Brown tried to integrate into the school and she was denied which lead to the court case.
The supreme court then came to the unanimous decision that public school segregation was unconstitutional. -
Emmett Till Murdered
Money, Mississippi
Emmett Till was flirting with a white Woman in Mississippi not knowing that that was highly dangerous for an African-American to do in the South he was later found dead. Roy Bryant was put on trial with a lot of evidence against him, but was found not guilty. -
Rosa Parks arrested
Montgomery, Alabama
Rosa Parks was riding a bus in Alabama and a white man came on and tried to make her move seats, she refused and kept refusing until she was arrested.
It ignited the civil rights movement throught the U.S. -
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Montgomery, Alabama
In response to the arrest of Rosa Parks the African-Americans of Montgomery thought if the buses would not let them sit where they wanted they would simply not ride the bus anymore. After a long stalemate between the two sides, the U.S. government came in forced the desegregation of public transportation -
Little Rock Nine
Nine African-American students tried to integrate into an all white school in Little Rock, Arkansas when they were stopped by state troops sent by Governor of Arkansas Orval Faubus to prevent the nine from entering the school. Which made President Eisenhower angry so he sent in Federal troops to protect the nine and get them safely in the school. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
President Eisenhower signed the bill
The Act established the U.S. Justice Department as a guarantor of the right to vote. The Act ended official racial segregation in the public schools. -
Mack Charles Parker Murdered
Occurred in Poplarville, Mississippi
2.) Mack Charles parker was accused of raping a pregnant white woman in northern Pearl River County, Mississippi. Three days before his trial, Parker was kidnapped from his jail cell by a mob, beaten and shot -
Attack of the Freedom Riders
Southeastern United States
Freedom riders were inter state Southern bus riders that did not give up their seat for another person regardless of either person's race.
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Company (SNCC) and The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) organized the freedom rides.
Freedom riders could be any race as long as they were willing to fight for the cause. -
Herbert Lee Assassinated
Amite, Mississippi
Herbert Lee was killed by a man named Hurst with 11 African-American there to witness the murder. Later that day, Hurst went to court with a mob of armed white men outside the court. All 11 African-Americans testified but they all gave false testimonies because they feared their lives, which lead to Hurst being set free. -
James Meredith Enrolls at Ole Miss
Oxford, Mississippi
At first he was denied by the President of Ole Miss himself, the government then sent troops to force them to accept him. -
Medgar Evers Assassinated
Jackson, Mississippi
Medgar was a civil rights activist who tried to overturn segregation at Ole Miss and gain social and voting rights. When he came home one night from his work, some white activists were there and killed him. -
The March on Washington
Washington D.C.
African-Americans were msrching in Washington for freedom and equal job opportunity.
This is where Martin Luther King's famous "I have a dream speech" took place -
24th Amendment
Washington D.C.
The progressives in Congress got the 24th amendment through which abolished poll taxes in federal elections which was a huge step in voting rights for African-Americans. -
Civil Rights Act
Washington D.C.
Lyndon Johnson passed the bill
Lyndon Johnson was angry about discrimination and wanted the Black vote so he passed the bill. -
March to Selma
The March was organized to gain equal voting rights in the south.
Many angry white supremists opposed
the March.
The president then ordered that African-Americans were to be protected when they voted. -
Thurgood Marshall First Black Supreme Court Justice
Washington D.C.
Before he was a justice he was one of the main lawyers for the NAACP.
It was a monumental event because he was the first minority to gain a seat in the national government. -
The Assassination of Martin Luther King
Memphis, Tennessee
He was standing on his balcony in his hotel room when James Earl Ray assassinated him.
It made the African-Americans stronger and made it more clear to them why they where doing this, to end racial prejudice throughout ALL of the United States of America.
