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Murdered of Emmett Till
Emmett Till was a 14 year old boy who was brutally murdered after whistling at a white woman. Her husband and her brother in law kidnapped Till, where they killed and dumped his body in a river. The event brought attention to African Americans who feared for their lives. Many joined the Civil Rights Movement, in hopes to end racial discrimination. -
Rosa Parks and the Bus Boycott
In 1955, Rosa Parks entered a bus and sat down in the colored section. As the bus started filling up, she was asked to give up her seat for the whites. She refused to move and was arrested. The Bus Boycott started and people refused to ride the buses. The boycott resulted in the Supreme Court ruling that it was unconstitutional to have segregated buses. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The SCLC was an organization linked to the black churches. 60 black ministers were pivotal in organizing civil right activism. Martin Luther King Jr was elected President. They focused its non violent strategy on citizenship, schools and efforts to desegregate individual cities. It played key roles in the March on Washington in 1963 and the Selma Voting Rights Campaign and March to Montgomery In 1965.