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Brown V. Board of Education
A black father name Oliver Brown in Kansas wanted to take his daughter Linda brown to an all white school, but was denied and told to go to an all black school 2 hours away. This wasn’t the only case though, cases in South Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, and District of Columbia were also brought up. In May 17th, 1954 NAACP takes the 5 cases to the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 to overturn the doctrine of separate but equal. Most black still wasn’t fully allowed to attend school for another 10 years. -
Murder of Emmett Till
Emmett Till was a 14 year African American boy who was abducted, tortured, and lynched in Mississippi in 1955. He was accused of offending a white woman, Carolyn Bryant, in her family's grocery store. Emmetts abductors was Her husband, Roy Bryant, and brother-in-law, J.W. Milam. After torturing and brutally murdered Till, they dumped his body in the Tallahatchie River. -
Rosa Parks and the Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks, who was born on February 4, 1913, refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama. which led to her being arrested on December 1, 1955. Established by Martin Luther King Jr. as its leader, the Montgomery bus boycott began the modern Civil Rights Movement on December 5th. 13 months later the bus company finally had to give in because it could no longer rely solely on white passengers. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference “SCLC”
A meeting of Black church pastors to coordinate events for Black people. Matin Luther king was elected the 1st president of this group, him and the group used a nonviolent strategy. This group also registered blacks to vote, opposed Vietnam war, and better jobs for black people. -
Little Rock 9
The governor of Arkansas called out the Bational Guard to stop 9 black student from entering Little Rock high school. The kids could enter their first day due to that so president Eisenhower called in 1,200 military men to escort these student from home to class. In 1959, all schools were finally fully integrated. -
Greensboro Sit ins
4 college students go to Woolworth’s to buy items. Then they go sit at the lunch counter but they’re refused service and told to leave, but they stayed. Day after day they came back and did the same things. The amount of students grew over the days to 1,000. Woolworth’s decided to serve to the black community because they were losing $1.8 million. -
Freedom Riders
436 individuals in 60 separate freedom riders in a diverse group on volunteers from 39 states, most were college students. They started in Washington D.C all the way to the Deep South. They arrived in North Carolina, but they were blocked by the KKK. They slashed tires, fire bombed, and did horrible things. Busses burned and beatings happened town after town. They just wanted to desegregate bus stations, dinners, and hotels. -
March on Washington
250,000 people marched into Washington D.C. This was a peaceful and respectful march for jobs and freedom. The march was one of the longest gatherings in U.S. history. Martin Luther King gave his famous “I have a dream” speech here. MLK was the last and most memorable speaker of the day. -
Civil Rights Act (1964)
Lyndon B. Johnson and Martin Luther King watched the signing that enabled the federal government to prevent racial discrimination and segregation based on someone’s race, color, religion or national origin in private businesses or public facilities. -
Assassination of Malcom X
Malcom Little was a Civil Rights leader who was part of the Nation of Islam. He wanted black people to believe in themselves and start their own businesses. He changed his name to Malcom X because the name “Little” was his slave name. Later on he was shot 21 times, Thomas Hagan convicted of killing him. -
Selma to Montgomery Marches (Bloody Sunday)
John Lewis led 600 marchers 54 miles from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery to register themselves to vote. At Edmond bridge, troopers brutally beat the marchers. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King
MLK was in striking Sanitation workers protest in Memphis, Tennessee. He later went back to Lorraine Motel where he was at the lower right side of his face, with a Remington Rifle. James Earl Ray Was sentenced to 99 years, but people started to think someone else like the police or the FBI was who killed Martin. James passed before they could reopen the case to figure anything else out. MLK death marks the end of the civil rights movement. -
Voting Rights Act (1965)
Washington D.C. enabled the right to vote of African Americans any discrimination in voting. It was now a federal matter, no longer could the states decide who and how people could vote.