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Board V. Board of Education
Oliver brown was a main person involved in the case
Took place in Topeka Kansas
NAACP combine 5 cases and take to the Supreme Court. 9-0 to overturn separate but equal doctrine. However many of these black students will never go to school with white students. -
Murder of Emmett Til
Roy & Cordyn Bryant were involved
Took place in Drew or Money Mississippi
Emmett Till was accused of whistling at a white woman. 3 days after Roy Bryant and others kidnapped him. When he was found his eye was detached, ear cut off. The way he was murdered was by having barbed wire tied around his neck while be weighed down by 75 pounds of a cotton gin fan while in water. His murderers were found not guilty -
Rosa Parks and the bus boycott
Rosa parks and MLK Jr. were involved
Took place in Montgomery, Alabama
Rosa is arrested for failing to move seats on the bus. She is fined $10. MLK Jr. and church sent out flyers to boycott the bus system. On December 5, The buses ran empty for 381 days. Supreme Court ruled bus companies had to let blacks ride. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference “SCLC”
This involved MLK and 60 pastors
Took place in Atlanta Georgia
A meeting of black church pastors to coordinate events for black people. MLK was elected the 1st president. This group used a nonviolent strategy. This group also registered blacks to vote, opposed Vietnam war and wanted better jobs for blacks. -
Little Rock 9
NAACP & 9 black students were involved
Took place in Little Rock, Arkansas
9 students wanted to go to white school. The governor of Arkansas called out the national guard to stop them. President Eisenhower calls in 1,200 military men to escort these students from home to school. 1959 all students fully integrated. -
Greensboro Sit ins
4 college students were involved and took place in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Go to Woolworth’s to buy items. Then go sit at the lunch counter. They are refused service and told to leave, but then stayed. Day after day they came back and did the same thing. The amount of students grew over the days to 1,000. -
Freedom Riders
436 individuals in 60 separate freedom rides were involved.
Started in Washington D.C go to the deep south to desegregate bus stations, diners and hotels.
A diverse group of volunteers from 39 states, most were college students. Arrived in Anniston, Alabama blocked by KKK. Tires slashed, fire bombed, Buses burned & people were beaten, town after town. -
March on Washington
Took place in Washington D.C.
250,000 people marched in Washington D.C it was peaceful and respectful protest for jobs and freedom. MLK gave his “I have a dream” speech. MLK was the last speaker of the day. -
Civil Rights Act (1964)
Lyndon B Johnson & MLK were involved.
Took place in Washington D.C.
Enabled the federal government to prevent racial discrimination and segregation based on race, color, religion or national origin in private business or public facilities. -
Assassination of Malcom X
Malcom little was involved. Took place in Audubon ballroom New York. Civil rights leader who was part of the nation of islam. He wanted black people to believe in themselves and start their own businesses. He was shot 21 times. Thomas Hagan convicted of killing. -
Selma to Montgomery (Bloody Sunday)
600 marchers and John Lewis were involved.
Took place in Selma, Alabama.
Black marchers wanted to walk 54 miles to Montgomery to register to vote. At the Edmond Bridge troopers badly beat them. -
Voting Rights Act (1965)
LBJ involved. Took place in Washington D.C. ending the right to vote of Africans Americans any discrimination in voting. Now a federal matter not a state matter. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King
Took place in Memphis Tennessee at Lorraine motel.
Striking sanitarium workers protest in Memphis went back to the motel. Shot lower right side of his face, with Remington rifle. James earl ray sentenced to 99 years. His death marks the end of the civil rights movement.