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Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) Founded
Congress of Racial Equality was a group of African Americans that started a Civil Rights organization. CORE was founded in Chicago by a group of students. CORE was made to stop violent acts and was the start of a change. -
Dodgers Hire Jackie Robinson
Dodgers hiring of Jackie Robinson, helped him cross the color line and helped desegregate the sports leagues. He was the first black person in a sports association. -
Executive Order 9981
Executive Order 9981 was the order declaring that minorities were to not be segregated against and were to be treated equally. With this desegregation became an official order in the armed forces. -
Brown v. Board of Education Ruling
Brown v. Board Of Education Ruling was the supreme court with Thurgood Marshall as a black court justice, that determined segregation in schools was unconstitutional. It was also a class- action lawsuit which is a civilian enacted court case. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a period of time where no black citizens rode public buses. It was started when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a public bus. A boycott is a civil protest with no purposeful injury or harm. -
Integration Of Central High School
- Little Rock Nine-first nine black students who integrated into a white school
- Little Rock Nine students were not welcomed into their new school
- Students were escorted by troops into the school
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First Lunch Counter Sit-In
Four african Americans students went to a lunch counter and stood up for themselves. The water refused to serve them so they sat there until the counter closed -
Freedom Rides
Freedom Rides were public bus rides to the south that were supported by the CORE. On one trip, the bus was attacked and fire and bombs were thrown onto it. After this, the CORE stopped supporting them, but SNCC began to support them to stop this. -
Birmingham Campaign: Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King had been put in jail and wrote a letter expressing that the black people were using these riots and protests as a way to have their own words. Fifty people including MLK and several SCLC members, were arrested and taken to jail. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington was when more than 250,000 people demonstrated in Washington in favor of desegregating jobs and getting freedom. The NAACP was an organization to help desegregating legislation which was another thing that the people were marching for. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the act that banned discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion, or national origin. Plessy v. Ferguson was a constitutional landmark that meant that they are seperate as long as they are equal. -
Advocates for Black Nationalism
Black nationalism is a black rights organization formed by the national islam. One of these advocates was Malcom X who advocated the rights of black people. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Voting Rights Act of 1965 was an act of congress that outlawed literacy tests and other tactics that had been used to deny African Americans the right to vote. Federal intervention would disenfranchise to ensure that eligible voters were not turned away. -
Watts Riot
Watts Riot happened in black ghetto caused by frustration about poverty, prejudice, and police mistreatment. The riot lasted for 6 long days in which 34 people died, almost 900 were injured, and nearly 4,000 were arrested. The Kerner Commission & ghettos was where the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders that decided that white racism was the main cause of the Watts riot. -
Black Panther Party Founded
Black Panther Party was a group founded in 1966 and they demanded economic and political rights and were prepared to take violent action if not listened to. Black power brings political gains to people at the polls. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
The Civil Rights Act of 1968 was an act that banned the discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin, or sex. This law included a fair-housing component that banned discrimination in housing sales and rentals. -
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenberg Board of Education
Swann v.Charlotte-Mecklenberg Board of Education was where the supreme court ruled that it was ok to use a bus for transportation to get to school. They believed that this would help desegregate schools better. By using busing it will help racially balance more schools. -
Regents of the Univeristy of California v. Bakke
This was the supreme court ruling the barely up held that race may be a criteria for school but not the main criterion. Some schools wanted affirmative action which was when they purposefully integrate some minorities to make the organization look diverse.
