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Brown vs Board
It’s a Supreme Court case ends segregation.
The vote was9-0- or unamious.
Linda brown who had a two complete to go to black school, where a white school was blocks away.
It’s a great decision, however there was a lot of evidence after the raling. -
Emmet Till
14 year old boy from Chicago visiting Mississippi.
Accused of whistling at a white women.
Roy Bryant and Jw Milan will kidnap, beat, shoot, kill, throw into a lake Emmet Till.
Maime Till has an open casket for his funeral. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks of Montgomery, Alabama.
Rosa refused to move, she was arrested.
Dec 5, a boycott of buses will last 38 days.
Non violent protest to start more civil rights. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Started after the bus boycott to organize protest.
Martin Lurther King was elected president.
Organize protest around the south to coordinate events such greenstone sittings, March on Washington and Selma. -
Little Rock Nine
Testing Brown v Board of Education decision.
9 students were vetted to undergo this test.
Airborn 101 escorted students to class.
Following year all public schools closed. (1958)
Aug 29, 1959-schools reopened. -
Greensboro, North Carolina
4 college students sat down at lunch counter at woodworths to be served. They were refused service continued to “ sit in” and others joined. The protest spread to other towns forced change. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and Freedom Summer
Youth group of the students remained fiercely independent of King and SCLC, generating their own projects and strategies. The two organizations worked side by side throughout the early years of the civil rights movement. This gross the second half of the freedom riders and were a part of the March to Selma. -
Freedom Riders
2 weeks bus trip to the Deep South, to deliberately violate Jim Cralaus. It was organized by Core. The buses were burned and riders beaten by the kkk MLK becomes a strong leader talking with JFK. -
March on Washington
March on Washington for jobs and freedom was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. 250,000 people were in attendance at the Lincoln memorial MLK was the best to speak, and gave his “ I have a dream speech “ 70-80% of marches were black. It helped to pass the civil rights act of 1964. -
Civil Right of 1964
Can not be refused service.
Forbids employers and labor unions to discriminate against any person on grounds of race, color, religion, sex, physical disabilities or age in job related matters.
Prohibits discrimination against race, color, religion, national origin, sex, or physical disability -
March on Selma
600 students March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to get the right to vote. They walked 54 miles and were stopped at the bridge. Seem on national television. LBJ order the passage of 1965 voting rights law. 2nd March took place March 21-24 days with thousands marching. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
One of the most comprehensive pieces of legislation in U.S. history. Blacks were registering to vote and being elected to public office.