Civil rights timeline

By Sandy.cifuentes23

  • Brown vs board of education

    Brown vs board of education
    • It was Supreme Court case to end segregation.
    • 9-0 decision or unamious, for eaqual protection under the 14th amendment.
    • After decision violence and riots broke out, with some schools closing.

  • Emmet till

    Emmet till
    • 14 year old from Chicago, visiting family. Accused of whistling at a white woman.
    • Roy Bryan and Jw Milan kidnap, beat, shot, killed, and the threw Emmet’s body in the river.
    • Maime till, Emmets mother had an open casket funeral. Both men stood trial, and found our not guilty.
    • spark to start the civil rights movement.*

  • Rosa Parks and Bus boycott- Alabama

    Rosa Parks and Bus boycott- Alabama
    • Rosa parks refused to move sits and was arrested.
    • Bus boycott begins and last 381 days.
    • 1st large scale demonstration- nonviolent in the United States.
    • Very successful because 75% of all riders are black.

  • Southern Christian Leadership Conference

    Southern Christian Leadership Conference
    • Started after the bus boycott to organize protest. Martin Luther king was elected president.
    • Organized protest around the south to coordinate events, such as Greensboro sitins, march on Washington and Selma.
    • After Martin Luther king assassiantion it declined.
    • Still exists today.

  • Little Rock 9 Arkansa

    Little Rock 9 Arkansa
    • Testing brown v board of education decision.
    • 9 students were vetted to undergo this test.
    • Airborn 101 escorted students to class.
    • Following year all public schools closed (1958).
    • 08/29/1959- schools reopened.

  • Greensboro 4

    Greensboro 4
    • 4 college students sat down at lunch counter at woolworths to be served.
    • They were refused service. Continued to “sit-in” and others joined, the protest spread to other towns.
    • Forced change.

  • Student nonviolent coordinating committee and freedom summer.

    Student nonviolent coordinating committee and freedom summer.
    • Youth group of student remained fiercely independent of MLK and SCLC, generating their own projects and strategies.
    • The two organizations worked side by side throughout the early years of the civil rights movement.
    • This group was the second half of the freedom riders and were a part of the march to Selma.

  • Freedom riders

    Freedom riders
    • 2 week busy trip to the Deep South, to deliberate violate Jim crown laws.
    • It was organized by CORE.
    • The buses were burned and riders were beaten by the KKK.
    • November 1, 1961 white and colored signs are removed from bus stations, train stations and lunch counters.

  • March on Washington

    March on Washington
    • Jobs and freedom was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans.
    • 250,000 people were attendance at the Lincoln memorial.
    • Martin Luther king was the last to speak and gave his “I have a dream speech”.
    • 70-80% of marchers were black.
    • It helped pass the civil rights acts of 1964.

  • Civil rights act of 1964

    Civil rights act of 1964
    • Can not be refused service.
    • Forbids employers and labor unions to discriminate against any person on grounds of race, color, religion, sex, physical disability, or age in job related matters.
    • Prohibits discrimination against any person on grounds of race, color, religion, sex, physical disability.

  • March on Selma/ Bloody Sunday

    March on Selma/ Bloody Sunday
    • 600 students march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to get the right to vote.
    • They walked 54 miles and were stopped at the bridge, seen on national television.
    • LBJ order the passage of 1965 voting rights law.
    • 2nd march took pace March 21-24.
    • 25,000 marchers including Martin Luther king.

  • Voting rights act of 1965

    Voting rights act of 1965
    • One of the most comprehensive pieces of legislation in U.S history.
    • Blacks were registering to vote and being elected to public office.