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Medgar Evers
Medgar Wiley Evers was an African-American civil rights activist. Like many other activists, he tried to get rid of segregation. He also was a field secretary for the NAACP. -
Nation of Islam
A religious act led by Elijah Muhammad, demanded
seperation of race. Malcolm X was the main minister but in 1964 he left. -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas
Took plsce in Topeka, Kansas. It deemed the seperate but equal rule unconstitutional in schools. Thurgood Marshall was a lawyer who was respomsible for the victory in Brown v. Board of Education. He later became an Associate Justice. Chief Justice Earl Warren also was an important person in the case brcausr of his leadership skills. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas was a big step towars equality in school. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks led the boycott. The boycotts were spurred by African Americans who refused to use buses until they could sit anywhere they wanted. They also wanted be treated equally. The boycott ended in 1956. Buses gave in because they were losing money and African Americans achieved equality on buses. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
The first time since Reconstruction that the federal government undertook significant legislative action to protect civil rights. Also created the US Civil Rights Commision, which has the power to investigate violations of civil rights.This picture is of Eisenhower is signing the Civil Rights Act of 1957 -
SNCC
Stood for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and it was designed to defeat white racism. -
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SNCC
Stood for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and it was designed to defeat white racism. -
Freedom Ride
Men and women, black and white, young and old, head for the South to test the 1960 Supreme Court ruling outlawing segregation in all interstate public facilities. However several riders were beaten and placed under arrest. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963. Attended by 250,000 people, it was the largest demonstration ever seen in the nation's capital. MLK Jr. gave his "I Have A Dream" speech here. -
Twenty-fourth Amendment ratified
The Twenty-fourth banned the pole tax that used to keep pore African Americans from voting. -
Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer was a campaign in the Deep South to register blacks to vote during the summer of 1964. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It was a direct result of the March on Washington and desegregated the nation; it also outlawed discrimination in the workforce. -
Voting Rights Act
Allowed equal oppurtunities that gave African Americans the right to vote. Eliminated any previous discrimination involved in voting. -
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Black Panthers
Active from 1966 until 1982
Black Panther Party For Self-defense was an American black revolutionary party founded in 1966 in Oakland, Calif., by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. The party’s original purpose was to patrol black ghettoes to protect residents from police brutality. The Panthers eventually called for the arming of all blacks, the exemption of blacks from the draft and from all sanctions of so-called -
Kerner Commission
Kerner Commission was a national advisory on civil disorders. The Kerner Commission was another step towards concluding long-term racial discrimination and racial violence. -
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Black Power
Stokely Carmichael, a black activist, faced resistance for his views support of Black Power. He was arrested in Greenwood, Mississippi.
