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Key
Achievement 🏆
Protest ✊
Legislation/Supreme Court Case ⚖️
Violence by Protesters ⚔️
Violence by Opposition 🔥
No Violence 🕊️ -
Sweatt v. Painter ⚖️🏆
The Supreme Court case that successfully went against the "Separate but Equal" law that was being used at the time. -
The Montgomery Bus Boycott ✊🕊️
A boycott of the Montgomery bus system after Rosa Parks was arrested for violating their segregation policy. -
The Founding of The Southern Christian Leadership conference 🏆🕊️
A civil rights group led by Martin Luther King Jr. that organized peaceful protests across America. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1957 ⚖️🏆
This was the first legislation passed in the favor of Civil Rights since 1875. -
The Little Rock Nine 🏆🔥
A school in Little Rock, Arkansas, attempted to integrate by having 9 black children enroll. The governor of arkansas went directly against this action & even sent the National Guard to block the children from entering the school. -
The Greensboro Sit-Ins ✊🕊️
This was a nonviolent protest, taking place in Greensboro NC, in which young African American students would sit in the "Whites Only" lunch counters, instead of the segregated areas. -
The Integration of the University of Mississippi 🏆🔥
A black Air Force veteran, Jame Meredith, attempted enrolling in the University of MI, but was met with angry opposition and protesting. Despite the Uproar, Meredith was successfully able to integrate into the school. -
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ✊🕊️
Led by MLK, upwards of 200 thousand people marched into Washington, successfully pressuring the Kennedy administration into passing the Civil Rights Act. -
The Assassination of Malcome X 🔥
Malcome X was a human rights activist who formed multiple civil rights organizations. While speaking at the Audubon Ballroom, he was assassinated by three men who opposed his beliefs. -
The Fair Housing Act ⚖️🏆
This was an law passed, prohibiting the discrimination of minority groups during the sale or rental of homes.