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The Supreme Court Ends Segregation
Seperate facilities were made for African Americans. But after Thurgood's rule over intergration in The Supreme Court, Segregation started to dissolve little by little. Although African Americans were allowed in some white schools, they still faced discrimination and fear everyday. -
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
December 1st 1955, Rosa parks refused to give up her seat to a white person in Montgomery, Alabama. Sonn after refusal she was arrested and jailed. -
Crisis in Little Rock
The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas. They then attended after the intervention of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. -
Birmingham Alabama
One of the most racially divided cities in America.Civil rights activists (Southern Christian Leadership Conference- SCLC) organize nonviolent protests (sit ins, marches) which lead to mass arrests. -
The Children’s Marches
6000 children ages 6-16 mrarched. These marches were released in the media all over the world. ^00 were arrested, and police officer used hoses, dogs, and clubs to keep them from marching. -
March On Washington
More than 200,000 of all races gathered at "The Mall" in Washington, DC to protest police brutality, unequal pay, job discrimination, continued segregation and lack of rights -
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing
On September 15th, four girls and 22 others injured suffered bombing in the basement of a church. This church had been a meeting place for civil rights protests, and a very nonviolent area. The bombings weresuspected to be done by members of the KKK -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
-Outlawed discrimination in hiring
-Ended segregation in public places
-Gave the government the authority to enforce desegregation -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
ended literacy tests and allowed federals officials to register. -
Dr. King’s assassination
April 4, 1968, Dr. King was killed by James Earl Ray in Memphis, Tennessee.