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Brown v. Board of Education
On May 17,1954, Justice Earl Warren, a U.S. Supreme Court Justice, delivered a unanimous ruling in the civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. The people involved were Brown and Oliver Brown. Then a year later, the Supreme Court Justice ruled that segregation was unconstitutional and children of all races should go to school together. This changed School for children. -
Murder of Emmett Till
On August 28, 1955, a 14 year old African American boy called Emmett Till was visiting his family in Money, Mississippi. He was kidnapped and killed by Roy Bryant and bus accomplice, J.W William for whistling at a white women. She claimed that he grabbed her and made lewd advances towards her, which wasn’t true. The Emmet Till murder brought the brutality of Jim Crows segregation to light in the south. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
In Atlanta, Georgia a meeting of black people church pastors to coordinate events for black people. MLK was elected the 1st president. This group used a nonviolent strategy. This group also registered blacks to vote, opposed Vietnam war and provided better jobs for black -
Little Rock Nine
Nine students were enrolled in Rock Central High School. The Governor of Arkansas calls out the national guard to stop them. President Eisenhower calls in 1,200 military men to escort these students from home to class. In 1959, all schools fully integrated -
Rosa Parks and the Bus Boycott
Rosa is arrested for failing to move seats on the bus. MLK jr. and the church send flyers to boycott the bus system on Dec 5 and the buses ran empty for 381 days. Supreme Court ruled bus had to let black ride. -
Freedom Riders
A diverse group of volunteers from 39 different states, mostly college students. Around 436 individuals in 60 separate freedom riders. It all started in Washington D.C and reached all the way down to the Deep South yo desegregate bus stations, dines and hotels. They arrived in Aniston, Alabama and were blocked by KKK. Tires slashed, five bombed, buses burned and beatings, town after town. -
March on Washington
In Washington D.C, 250,000 people marched. It was a peaceful and respectful protest for jobs and freedom. Martin Luther king gave his “I have a dream” speech and he was the last speaker of the day. -
Civil Rights Act
It was signed by President Lyndon B Johnson. This enabled the federal government to prevent racial discrimination and segregation based on race, color, religion or national origin in private businesses or public facilities. -
Selma to Montgomery (Bloody Sunday)
In Selma, Alabama, 600 black marcher wanted yo walk 54 miles to Montgomery to register to vote. At the Edmond Bridge troopers brutally beat them. -
Assassination of Malcom X
In Audubon Ballroom, New York, Malcom little was a civil rights leader who was part of the Nation of Islam. He wanted black people to believe in themselves and start their own business. He was shot 21 times by Thomas Hagan, who was soon convicted for killing. -
Voting Rights Act
In Washington D.C, this act signed by Lyndon B. Johnson, enabled the right to vote of African Americans. Now a federal matter not a state. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King
In Lorraine motel, Memphis, Tennessee, striking sanitation workers protest. They went back to the motel. He got shot while bending over the rail top of the motel, on the second floor by James Earl Ray, who soon got sentenced to 19 years in jail. His death marks the end of the Civil Rights Movement. -
Greensboro Sit ins
Four college Students go to Woolworth Store to buy items in Greensboro, North Carolina. When they sit at the lunch counter, they are refused service and were told to leave but they stayed. Day after that they did the same. The amount of students grew, all the way to 1,000.