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Brown vs Board of Education
Schools were segregated but it was not equal. African American students did not get as much quality as white students. The NAACP helped and went to the Supreme Court to end segregation in schools. The Court ruled that what schools were doing was unconstitutional. -
Emmett Till Murder
Emmett Till was visiting his family in Mississippi who was from Chicago. He was in a store when he was flirting with a white woman. He then was captured by two white men and was killed. -
Rosa Park and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks was riding a bus in Montgomery, Alabama when a white passenger asked her to move to the back. She refused so she was arrested. Many more African Americans boycotted too lasting about two weeks. -
Little Rock Nine
Nine African American students were selected to attend school at Central High School in Little Rock,Arkansas. Governor Orval Faubus did not want them attend the school an called the National Guard. The nine students did not enter until the President Eisenhower called federal troops to escort the students in. -
Greensboro Woolworth's Sit Ins
Four African American students went to Woolworth who wanted to be served. The people there did not serve them nothing. They kept doing this and gathered more people to sit in too until they were finally served. -
Freedom Rides
Activists who fought for civil rights who rose buses into the Southern part of the United States.They did this to end the segregation on public buses. -
March on Washington
A march was held at Washington were African Americans marched for civil rights and jobs. Many people gathered to have a peaceful march. This is where Martin Luther King Jr. made his famous "I Have a Dream"speech. -
Birmingham Baptist Church Bombing
A white terrorist bombed a church in Birmingham, Alabama. Addie Mae Collins,Cynthia Wesley, Carole Roberson, Carol Denise McNair died, -
Civil Rights Act
A law that prohibits anyone from being discriminated due to sex, race, religion, etc. -
"Bloody Sunday"/Selma to Montgomery March
Protesters wanted to march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. On the way, the protesters were attacked by the state troopers and local police officers. -
Voting Acts Right
A law where citizens could not discriminate during voting practices in the South. -
Loving v Virginia
A case where interracial marriage was not allowed in Virginia. Mildred and Richard Loving went to case where the Supreme Court decided that they were allowed to be married together because of the 14th Amendment