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Brown v. Board of Education
The Topeka case was the case that allowed separate but equal facilities. The segregation was big in USA and justice William O. Douglas started to ask the public why America keep segregating black people. The result of the Brown V. Board case was that public education would be equal for everyone. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was a black woman in Montgomery, Alabama that refused to give up her seat on the bus for a white man, allthough the law stated that she had to. This created a boycott against the Montogomey buses and Parks became a huge symbol for the civil rights movement. -
Civil Rights act of 1957
The Congress of the US passed this law. The stated that everyone no matter race would have the right to vote. -
Events at Little Rock, Arkansas
President Eisenhower ordered federal troops to enforce schools and guard 9 integrating African Americans in a white school. The government had troops to guard the students. -
Attack of the Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode buses in segregated southern USA. They challenged the segregation laws by having mixed seats for races. The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) helped Freedom Riders a lot. There were people that were both black and white on the buses. -
James Meredith enrolls at Ole Miss
There were riots when James Meredith tried to enroll at Ole Miss. The government sent troops to protect Meredith. -
Medgar Evers assassinated
Medgar Evers was a black civil rights activist from Mississippi. He was shot in the back while he was getting out of his car. -
The March on Washington
The purpose was to get jobs and freedom for African Americans. Martin Luther King held his speech. -
Civil Rights Act
President Johnson passed this law. The law stated that segregation was illegal. -
March to Selma
The African Americans showed their desire to vote. People and police officers were screaming and punching at them. They wanted to protest against the continous violations of their constitutional rights. -
Thurgood Marshall
He was a lawyer and was part of the Brown V. Board of Education case. This was a really big event. -
Martin Luther King Assassination
Martin Luther King was shot when he was standing on the balcony of his hotel room. His death started many race riots.
