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Brown Vs. Board of Education
Plessy Vs. Ferguson, the case that allowed separate but equal segregation was eventually overruled by this new group of cases called Brown Vs. Board Of Education. In the Topeka case a parent complained because their child could not go to the city's white school even though the black school was inferior to the white school. -
Rosa Parks And The Montgomery Transit System
After leaving work, Rosa Parks boarded a bus in Montgomery, Alabama to go home. Before she got home all the "White" seats were full so she and three others were told to give up their seats. Rosa Parks then refused and was arrested and fined for simply not giving up a seat to a white man. -
The Civil Rights Act Of 1957
President Eisenhower passed a Civil Rights law in 1957 to protect the African American right to vote. -
The Little Rock Crisis
In Little Rock, Arkansas 1957, 9 African American teenagers tried to enter the central high school of the area. When attempting to enter they were forced back by crowds of angry white teenagers already attending the school. When they couldn't enter the school President Kennedy sent in federal troops to escort the teenagers into the school safely. -
The Freedom Riders
Sent by the leader of CORE in May of 1961 groups of African Americans and Whites rode buses to the south to protest segregation on public transportation. -
James Meredith And The University Of Mississippi
When James Meredith tried to enroll at The University Of Mississippi, he was personally turned down by the governor of Mississippi. After hearing about it President Kennedy sent a bunch of federal troops to the college to enroll and protect James Meredith. -
Medgar Evers Assassination
Medgar Evers was a civil rights activist who was shot and killed in his driveway by a bolt-action rifle after getting out of his car after returning fraom an NAACP meeting. -
The March On Washington
The purpose of the march on washington was to gain more civil and economic rights for African Americans. The march ended at the Lincoln Memorial at which Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have A Dream" speech. -
The Civil Rights Act Of 1964
President Johnson passed a civil rights act in 1964 that prevents any kind of discrimination based on things icluding but now limited to gender, race, religion, or national origin. -
The March From Selma
The purpose of the march from Selma, Alabam to Montgomerty, Alabama was to register black voters in the south. The first and second marches were met with opposition by state troopers who blocked the road and attacked the marchers. They finally succeeded with the third march as they were protected by federal troops and national guard. -
The First Black Supreme Court Justice
The First black supreme court justice was Thurgood Marshall. Before becoming a judge, Thurgood was a very successful lawyer and helped win the Brown Vs. Board Of Ed. case. Becoming a supreme court justice was significant not only for Thurgood by significant for the whole country because this was a big step towards full racial equality. -
The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed by James Earl Ray while standing on the balcony of The Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. When King died it affected many people. The civil rights movement participators lost their leader, his kids lost their dad, his wife lost her husband. MLK Jr.'s life was so important and he was such a big influence in the civil rights movement that he received a national holiday a few days after his death.