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Tulsa, Massacre
The Tulsa Massacre happened in Greenwood District, Tulsa, Oklahoma where there were more than 800 injuries. The white mob used guns, explosives, and fire to cause people serious injuries. The reason we don’t know the exact numbers is because this event entirely was hidden to the public and we didn’t find out about it until many years later. -
Brown v Board
In this decision by the Supreme Court they decided that the separation of children in public schools was unconstitutional. They stated that it violated the 14th amendment this affected the whole country. This may have been the start of the civil rights movement as the black people saw that they can get more rights if they can get a supreme court ruling. -
Emmett Till
The story of Emmett Till is a 14 year old boy killed by two white men. He was killed because he supposedly whistled at a 21 year old white woman named Carolyn Bryant. The white men were Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam. When his funeral happened his mother asked for his casket to an open casket so the world can see what they did to her son. -
Rosa Parks Bus Boycott
The bus boycott started with Rosa Parks refusing to go to the back of the bus when she was in the colored section. She was arrested for not getting up and spent the day in jail at Montgomery, Alabama. This started a bus boycott where blacks would not step onto a bus for 381 days and got them rights on the bus. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The SCLC was an organization linked to black churches for organizing civil rights activism. The leader was Martin Luther King Jr and was at Atlanta, Georgia. They had many meetings on how to get more rights and make there movement remarkable. -
Little Rock 9
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Greensboro Sit-ins
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Ruby Bridges
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Freedom Riders
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March on Washington
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Civil Rights Act
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Malcolm X
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Selma to Montgomery
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Voting Rights Act
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Martin Luther King Jr
