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Brown Vs. Board of Education
It’s was a Supreme Court case to end segregation in schools. It’s was 9-0,a unanimous decision for equal protection under the 14th amendment. Afterward riots and violence broke out and schools close. -
Murder of Emmet Till
14 year old boy from Chicago, visiting Mississippi. Accused of whistling at a white woman, Carolyn Bryant. Roy Bryant and JW Milan, kidnapped, beat, shot, killed, and threw Emmet into a lake with a 75 pound weight. Maime Till, Emmet’s mother had an open casket funeral. Roy and JW wer found not guilty even though they admitted to the crime. Considered to spark the civil rights movement. -
Rosa Parks Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks refuses to vacate her seat and move to the rear of a Montgomery city bus to make way for a white passenger. The driver notifies the police, who arrest Parks for violating city and state ordinances. Parks is fined $10. -
Founding of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and Martin Luther King
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is an organization that was founded in 1957. It staged the Montgomery Alabama’s for 381 days. Martin Luther King, Jr., Bayard Rustin, Ralph Abernathy, Fred Shuttlesworth, and others, founded the organization to have a regional organization that could better organize their protests. It was founded in Georgia most of the leaders being ministers. -
Little Rock 9
The first nine back teens to enter Little Rock’s Central High School. President Dwight Eisenhower sent federal troops to make sure they made it to school. They guarded the nine students everyday. The nine students were constantly harassed and called names. -
Greenberg, North Carolina
4 college students sit down at a lunch center at wodworths to be served. They were refused service, continued to “Sit-in” and other joined them. The protest spread to other towns. This protest forced change. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and Freedom Summer
Youth group of students remained fiercely independent of MLK and SCLC, generating their own projects and strategies. The two organizations worked side by side throughout the early years of the civil right movement. This group of the second half of the Freedom Riders and were a part of the March to Selma. -
Freedom Riders
In Anniston, Alabama a Freedom riders bus was attacked. It was attacked again and burned six miles out of town. On the same day, riders from another bus were beaten by an angry white mob. Publications gained international attention and put an eye on the Freedom riders. Much tensions in the state of racial relation in the United States. -
March on Washington
Over 260,000 people from across the nation gathered in the historic March on Washington. They all gathered at the Lincoln Memorial. The press got much coverage of the historic event. This is where Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, color, religion, sex, or national origin. This was a piece of legislation that ended segration in public areas and banned employment discrimination. Signed by Lyndon B. Johnson. This was a huge achievement in the civil rights movement. -
March on Selma
In Selma, Alabama activists protested the refusal to allow African Americans to vote. They were also protesting over the at the time recent murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson. State troopers attacked the protesters with billy clubs and tear gassed them after they passed the county line. Many were hospitalized with serious injuries. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
One of the most comprehensive pieces of legislation in U.S. history. Blacks were registering to vote and being elected into public office. It aimed to overcome legal barriers at state and local levels that targeted black people.