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Jackie Robinson's debut and the desegregation of baseball
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Brown v. Board of Education Topeka,Kansas
Because of the success full desegregation in sports( Jackie Robinson) African Americans were looking for rights in different situations. In this court case African Americans fought for equal rights in education. -
Emmett Till gets murdered
The success in desegregation the was made in the Brown v. Board of Eduaction court case made believers in the seperation really angry. This anger and the frustration often ended in violence. Emmett Till's murder might have had a thought behind it to show that there are no equal rights. The "white" killer got away and he knew that he wasn't going to be pledged guilty. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The day that Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus she was thinking about Emmett's case and the unfairness just becasue of skin color. After she got arrested for not giving up her seat the Montgomery Bus Boycott started. -
Crisis in Little Rock
The black populations only way to fight without violence for their rights was to have boycotts and protests. Arkansas Governor was did not agree with the decision that was made in the Brown. v. Board of Education court case and decided not to accept the desegregation in schools. He might wanted to proof a point that the white population wouldn't easily accept the desegregation even if the court had made a decision. -
Sit-ins ( Greensboro, NC)
The Crisis in little rock was a way of protest from the "white" side, to proove that they won't just give in. The Sit-ins were a protest action from the"black" side. It was just going back and forth between the two parties.The black population was not giving up after they got negative reputation, they kept fighting for their believe and rights. -
Freedom Riders
THey were set up to test the judgement of the Supreme Court. Instead of just blacks, whites were now involved. -
Meredith and Ole Miss
Both MEredith and Ole Miss and the Freedom Riders had similar goals in equality just different ways of doing it. Meredith was the first African American accepted to Ole Miss. -
Civil Rights Protest in Birmingham
Meredith was a participant in the U.S.Civil Rights Movement. Many other participantsstarted protests like sit-ins, marches, and boycotts in Birmingham. -
March on Washington
Because of the Protests, Martin Luther King, Jr. was put in jail. This sprung the March on Washington which represented many Civil Rights Organizations. -
Birmingham Church Bombimg
Martin Luther KIng's speech during the March on Washington caused peope to react with violence. This led to the Birmingham Church Bombing which occured during a morning service will an all black congregation. -
Freedom Summer project (Mississippi)
The freedom summer project was a step befor the actual Civil rights act to find a way of changing the law so events like the Brimingham church bombing couldn't be found legal. The state of Mississippi needed more voters and since most of the state's population was black the black people were hoping for voting rights and finally justice. -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act was the government's respons to the freedom summer project. With the freedom summer project African Americans in Mississippi did gain the right to vote but it was made nearly impossible for those people to actually go and vote becasue of tests that African Americans had to pass and other things to keep those people from voting. The Civil Rights Act ended the unequal application of voter requirements. -
Selma March
Even after Congress passed the Civil Rights Act some white people were still not accepting the desegregation and equal rights. The Civil Rights Act was giving desegregation in schools and workplaces but apparently it was not giving the proper voting rights to the African American population. They marched and protested to show that voting rights are important for them and that they wanted the government to do more than just the Civil RIghts Act to enforce equal rights. -
Voting Rights Act
The Voting Rights Act was a reaction to the protests and marches the African American population did to fight for their voting rights. The Voting Rights Act was enforced to prohibit all discrimination in voting rights.
