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Brown Vs. Board Education
The Brown Vs. Board court case was something that led to the "separate-but-equal" education that didn't even become equal. The court case was to end segregation in schools but it became "seperate" and not really equal. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
On December 1st, 1955, seamstress Rosa Parks as heading home and was sitting in front of the "colored section." Some white people complained Rosa was arrested and was fined 14 dollars. She was kinda the key start to all of the marches and protests. -
Ltttle Rock Nine Mob
The Little Rock Nine mob was a group of nine black students who enrolled in an all-white high school. The group of people (eventually known as the Little Rock Nine) going to the school in Arkansas was a test or trial for the Brown Vs. Education. Governer Overal Faubus said that he could call the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the students to enter the school. He said he did this for the protection of the students for if they entered then lots of violence would occur. (More on docs) -
Sit-In's
The "Sit-in's" became a thing when four young African American men staged their "sit-in" t a local dinner. The people on the marches were peaceful protesters would go to libraries hotels and other places. Soon it would spread to colleges and lots of people would get inlvoed. -
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Albany movement
The Albany Movement was the first mass movement in the modern civil rights period to have as its goal the desegregation of an entire community, and it resulted of more than 1,000 African Americans in Albany going to jail. The King was briefly involved with it but then decided it was not doing any good so left. Some would not agree (African Americs who were invloed with the movemnt) -
Birmingham Campaign
The Birmingham Campaign was named project "C" for confrontation. During that time, everything was still very segregated. Lots of bombings and cross-burnings were happening at that time along with sit-ins and marches. More the 1000 children that were protesting were brutally beaten by high powered fire hoses, nightsticks, and police dogs. Bombings continued to happen and they never actually killed anyone until one time, 4 girls died and it injured lots of people. -
March On Washington
The March on Washington was a massive march that had about 250,000 people protesting in front of the Lincon memorial. The march was for jobs and freedom and there was more the 3,000 members of the press covered what was going on. There were lots of speakers there along with the famous "I have a dream" speach. -
Malcom X's Assassination
Malcolm had a hard childhood and by the time he was high school age he had dropped out and was involved with criminal activates. He went to prison at the age of 21 and sfter he was let go, he becaome a loayl mister on the National Islam in Harelem. On February 21st, 1965 Malcolm was shot to death by Islam members while he was speaking at a conference. -
Bloody Sunday
Mn March 7th,1965, about 600 people started a march and as the crossed the Edmund Pettus bridge to the Selna Montgomery bridge. They were violently attacked by state troopers when they were peacefully when they were trying to stop the marh for voting rights. -
The King Is Killed
Martin Luth King Jr. was shot in a hotel in Memphis Tennessee. One shot was fired by a man named James Earl Ray. The bullet struck King in the neck and he died about an hour later in a nearby hospital. James had escaped from prison and been in contact with others while in Canada. When he shot King he was sentenced 99 years in prison. He died on April 28th,1998 -
Frank Robinson
Frank was the first African American manager in major league baseball. He was also the only player to win MVP in both leagues of baseball. He played in the outfield and his number was "20". He was put into the hall of fame in 1982. Fun fact, his brother was Jackie Robinson. -
Bakke Vs. Regents
Allen Bakke was a white man who applied to a college but was rejected two different times. Only a certain amount of students were accepted with certain test scores and Bakke's scores were above and beyond the needed score for entry. He went to a bunch of different courts and they questioned the college breaking the 14th amendment. There was no single majority opinion and it ended with the Court managed to minimize white opposition to the goal of equality. -
Donyale Luna
After being discovered by the photographer David McCabe, Donyale moved from Detroit to New York City to pursue a modeling career. She appeared on the cover of Harper's Bazaar. For several years, she was under exclusive contract to the photographer Richard Avedon. Donyale Luna was the first notable African American fashion model and the first black cover girl. She also appeared in several films, most as the title role in Salome. -
Thurgood Marshall
Marshall experienced the racial discrimination that shaped his passion for civil rights early on. Later on, he decided to go to Howard University. There he learned about civil rights law and began to think of the Constitution as a living document. As his name began to gain notice, he earned big clients such as labor organizations, building associations, and corporations .the President appointed him as the first African-American to be an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. -
Rosa Parks Award
On September 9th, 1996, Rosa Parks was awarded the Presidential medal of freedom. That metal is the nations highest civilian awards. She was given that ward for such a small act like not moving to sit somewhere else on a bus. Is it ironic how the small things can really make a difference? -
Grutter Vs. Bollinger
Barbara Grutter, a white resident of Michigan, applied for admission to the University of Michigan Law School. But she was denied even with a high GPA. The final answer was no. A 5-4 opinion, the Court held that the Equal Protection Clause does not prohibit the Law School's narrowly tailored use of race in admissions decisions to further a compelling interest in obtaining the educational benefits that flow from a diverse student body. -
First Black Presedent
Barack Obama was the first ever African American President elected. He captured states and electoral votes that would usually be a Republican state but turned it Democrat. Barack went and spoke at many different states with his wife and children. He was influential to young, black and new voters all aroudn America. -
Shelby County Vs. Hider
Shelby County filed suit in district court and both a declaratory judgment that Section "5" and Section "4" are unconstitutional and a permanent injunction against their enforcement. The court upheld the constitutionality of the Sections and gave summary judgment for the Attorney General. In the end it was ruled incontifutional. -
Misty Danielle Copeland
In June of 2015, Misty Danielle Copeland was the first ever African American to be promoted to principal dancer. That made her the first to be promoted to that position in the 75 years of the company being around. Misty danced in lots of places like the Nutcracker and Romeo, and Juliet. She has been on Tv, magazines and adds. She loves serving and contites to help other today -
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is every 3rd Monday of January. The King was known for helping stop racial segregation and he was also known for his famous "I have a dream" speech. He was also known for ending the segregation with nonviolence protests. in 1964 he was awarded the Noble Peace Prize.
