civil rights timeline assignment

  • montgomery bus boycott

    African Americans were required to sit at the back of public buses and were forced to give up their seats to whites if the front of the bus filled up. Parks refused to give up her seat and was arrested because of it. The boycott happened because of this event, organized by the NAACP and other African American activists.
  • pearsall plan

    The pearsall plan happened on may 17th 1956. It was in north carolina. The methods were achieve integration. The leaders were brown and thomas pearsall. And the results are
  • little rock nine

    The little rock nine happened on september 9th 1957. It was in arkansas. The methods were african americans enrolled into a centural highschool. The leaders was Faubus. the results were a groupof african americans entered the little rock highschool.
  • Greensboro Sit-in

    Greensboro Sit-in
    The Greensboro sit-in happened on Feb. 1st 1960. It was in North Carolina. The methods were civil disobedience, The leaders were college students. and the results was desegregation.
  • freedom riders

    the freedom riders happened on may 4th 1961. it was in washington. the methods were nonviolent protest. the leader was Dr. martin luther king jr. the results were they were able to remain nonviolent when their lives were in danger.