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Brown vs. Board of Education
In 1896 the Plessy vs Fergunson case created the "Seperate but Equal" concept which went against the 14th amendment ( Equal protection of the law. The end of the Brown vs Board of education case resulted in the desegregation of schools in 1955. Although this was a federal law, the Sibley Commission in Georgia Decided to resist in the integration of schools. Georgia was not the only state to resist integration though. -
Motgomery Bus Boycott
On December the first, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in he front of a bus. She was then arrested for doing so, which caused the boycott to begin. The goal of this even was to integrate buses and allow passengers to sit where they want. African Americans refused to rde the us for a little more than a year( including Martin Luther King jr, one of the main factors of this boycott). which resulted in the desegregation of buses on December 21st, 1956 because it violated the 14th amendment. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
This was an African American group focused on earning civil rights blacks. They started the group after ythe incident with Rosa Parks. Martin Luther King jr is the main leader of this organnization. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
The SNC formed when 4 black college students decided to sit in a white only resturant and refused to leave. This happened at a place called Woolworths Lunch Counter. The group was partially formed to give younger people a say in the civil rights movement. The leaders of this group where Stokely Carmichael, Charles F. McDew, and Charles Jones. -
Admission of Charlayne Hunter & Hamilton Holmes into the University of Georgia
Charlayne Hunter & Hamilton Holmes were the first two blacks to inegrate the University of Georgia. This was a big deal because whites didn't thinks African Americans had the capabilities to go to their school. Charlayne Hunter ended up becoming a journalist, and Hamilton Holmes worked in the medical field before he died. -
Freedom RIders
African Americans and White Civil Rights activists took " freedom rides" throught the south to protest segregation. While on their journies, they would try to use white only restrooms, lunch counters, etc. Their actions gained negative and positive attention, and by 1961 segregation on buses whre gone. -
Albany Movement
In this Movement, the SNCC and SCLC tried to desegregate a whole community. They held large protest in the streets of Albany. Thus resulted in thousands of them getiing jailed in a weeks time. In conclusion, their major plan failed, to desegregate Albany. -
March on Washington
On this day moe than 200,000 americans gathered including civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King. African Americans wanted equality in the work field, so they marched at Washington DC. They participated in songs, speechs, prayers, etc. Martin Luther King also gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. Blacks and Whites learned to get along that day. -
Civil Rights Act
This act got rid of segregation in public facilities. It also prohibited employment discriminations based on race, sex, etc. This was Important because it allowed minorities to be equal with kaukasions. So all "white only' places were gone for now on, and a black person could finally get a high end job. At the time John F Kennedy was President when this act begun. -
Voting rights act
This act gave African Americans the right to vote in local and state situations. This was important because this was the final barrior keeping blacks from true freedom. So now African Americans could finally choose the leaders of their country or at least have a say. When this act was passed, Lyndon Johnson was president.
