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Civil Rights Timeline

By daniela.chavez24

  • Brown Vs Board Of Education

    Brown Vs Board Of Education
    • It is a Supreme Court Case that ends segregation.
    • The vote was 9-0 unamious.
    • Linda Brown who had a two commute to go to Black school, where a white school was blocks away.
    • It is a great decision, however there was a lot of violence after the ruling.

  • Emmet Till

    Emmet Till
    • 14 year old boy from Chicago, visiting Mississippi.
    • Accused of whitsleing at a white woman.
    • Roy Bryant and JW Milam will kidnap, beat, shoot, kill, throw into a lake Emmet Till.
    • Maime Till has an open casket for his funeral.

  • Rosa Parks Bus Boycott

    Rosa Parks Bus Boycott
    • Rosa Parks of Montgomery, Alabama.
    • Rosa refused to move; she was arrested.
    • Dec 5, a boycott of buses will last 381 days.
    • Nonviolent protest to start more civil rights movement.

  • Southern Christian Leadership Conference

    Southern Christian Leadership Conference
    • Started after the bus boycott to organize protest.
    • Martin Luther King Jr. was elected President.
    • Organized protest around the south to coordinate event, such as Greensboro sit-ins, march on Washington and Selma.
    • After MLK’s assassination it declined.
    • Still exists today.

  • Little Rock Nine/Arkansas

    Little Rock Nine/Arkansas
    • Testing Brown V Board of Education decision.
    • 9 students were vetted to undergo this test.
    • Airbirn 101 escorted students to class.
    • Following year, all public schools closed (1958).
    • Aug 29, 195: Schools reopened.

  • Greensboro, North Carolina Sit In

    Greensboro, North Carolina Sit In
    • 4 college students sat down at a lunch counter at Woolworths 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

    Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
    • Youth group of 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 group was the second half of the Freedom riders and were a part of the March to Selma.

  • Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders
    • 2 week bus trip to the deep South, to deliberately violate Jim Crow Laws.
    • It was organized by CORE.
    • The buses were burned and riders beaten by the KKK.
    • MLK becomes a strong leader talking to JFK.

  • March on Washington

    March on Washington
    • March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans.
    • 250,000 people were attendance at the Lincoln Memorial.
    • MLK was the last to speak, and gave his “I Have A Dream” speech.
    • 70-80% of marchers were Black.
    • It helped to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964
    • Forbids employers and labor unions to discriminate against any person on grounds of race, color, religion, sex, physical ability, or age in job related matters.
    • Cannot be refused service.
    • Prohibits discrimination against race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or physical ability.

  • March on Selma

    March on Selma
    • 60 students March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to get the right to vote.
    • They walked 54 miles and were stopped at the bridge.
    • Seen on national television.
    • LBN ordered the passage of 1965 voting rights laws.
    • 2nd March took place March 21-24 days wiring thousands marching.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voting Rights Act of 1965
    • One of the most comprehensive pieces of legislation in USHistory.
    • Blacks were registering to vote and being elected to public office.