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Brown V. The Board Of Education
Brown V. the Board of Education was a decision handed down from the Supreme Court in the United Sates.It was described as a movement that launched the civil rights movement. The protest was initially led by African American student at Molton High School in Virginia.People from across the US then put African Americans and whites in the same school and in the same classes, which was based on the belief that it would keep control of the schools, and to get a full range of education. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott happened on December 1 1955 when Rosa Parks wouldn't give up her seat on the public bus for a white man. She was convicted for a disorderly conduct and violating a local ordinance. The boycott lasted for more than a year and was supported by more than 50,000 African Americans, most of them were people who had to walk to work each day so they wouldn't have to deal with white people trying to take their seat on the bus. -
Martin Luther King Jr. elected as president of Southern Christian Leadership
Martin Luther King was elected as president for a Christian Leadership Conference after the Bus Boycott happened. It was an organisation designed for the Civil Rights Movements, and churches and other people from all around came to join it and support what was happening in it. Martin Luther King Jr. became president of the organisation before his assassination in 1968. -
Greensboro Sit In
The Greensboro Sit In was an action against racism, so four African American students planned a sit-in took that place on 1st of February 1960 at the lunch counter reserved for whites only in the Woolworths store in Greensboro, North Carolina. Over the months hundreds of students went to the store and requested service, when refused they remained in their seats or were replaced by other students. May students did that across the south,and Martin expressed "pride" in their non violent protests. -
Freedom Rides
The first Freedom Ride took place May 4 1961 when seven African Americans and six whites left Washington on two public buses bound for the deep south. The journey was to test the supreme courts decision Boynton v. Virginia, which ruled that segregation was unconstitutional on interstate travel.Both this and subsequent Freedom Rides proved to be dangerous for those involved,one bus was firebombed, one group of riders attacked by the KKK and many by mobs in the cities they traveled to. -
Letter From Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King led civil rights groups to Birmingham Alabama and that was one of the most segregated cities in the US. The police were very violent to nonviolent protesters. The police would hit them really badly and use bats or whips to hurt the non violent protesters. It was showed on television nationwide and people were very mad and outraged about what was going on, that Martin Luther wrote a letter " Letter from Birmingham Jail" during the campaign. -
March On Washington
The March On Washington was when a quarter of a million people went to march down the National Mall in Washington DC calling for ‘jobs and freedom’. The march had six official goals, which were, calling for meaningful civil rights, a massive federal works program, full and fair employment, decent housing, the right to vote, and adequate integrated education. It was at this march when Martin gave his " I Have A Dream" speech which set his vision for the future and for his kids. -
Race Riots In Harlem
The race riots in Harlem excluded African Americans from getting the voting booth and also excluded them from being able to have the good wealth. The government then turned to finally notice the economic issues with its "war on poverty", and many different programs were underfunded and met with resistance from blacks and whites from the start. -
March from Selma to Montgomery
Over six hundred people started to walked fifty four miles from Selma to Montgomery, until the police stopped them six blocks into it. The police were on horseback and started to beat/attack them with whips, teargas, bats and many more, to make them go back to Selma. The police hurting the people got onto the news and it provoked people people from all across the country. With all that support they got a court order saying they could march again in two weeks. -
Assassination Of Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King was assassinated at Lorraine Motel in Memphis Tennessee. Many riots broke out in many different cities for many days. The news of his death caused many others around the US much grief and pain. After his death Martin's wife founded Martin Luther King Center for Nonviolent Social Change. And she then continued with what teachings he did and his campaigns for social justice and civil rights.
