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Emmett Till
There once was a 14 year old boy from Chicago named Emmett Till that went out with friends and apparently whistled at a woman named Carolyn Bryant in Money Mississippi. Emmett was kidnapped and brutally killed by Roy Bryant and J.W. Milan, Roywas not guilty and exposed that he killed Emmett but nothing couldn’t be done. Emmett’s body was used for display so that people could view what they did to him as a young boy. -
Rosa Parks Bus Boycott
In Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat for a white passenger on a city bus. She was then arrested and the African Americans heard and had enough and that’s when the boycott started. Rosa parks was bailed out by civil rights leaders. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The black churches had SCLC linked to them. There were 60 black ministers at Atlanta, Georgia in organizing civil right activism. Their main goal was to have non violent strategies on citizenship and have segregated schools in efforts to desegregate individual cities. -
Little Rock 9
A group of high school African Americans called the Little Rock 9 challenged racial segregation in public schools of Little Rock, Arkansas. The group was the focus of the struggle to desegregate public schools. The entry in Little Rock Central High School caused a big national debate about racial segregation. -
Greensboro sit ins
The Greenboros were some young African American students that sat at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. They were denied service but stayed until they were given service but the first day the lunch counter closed early. People later began joining them, protesters were arrested for disturbing the peace or for trespassing. They made an impact, making Woolworth’s and other businesses to change their segregation policies. -
Ruby Bridges
Ruby was only 6 years old but super smart. She passed a test which lifted her to go to school with white children. U.S. marshals had to take her to school in New Orleans, white parents were upset. The white parents pulled their kids out of school because of Ruby. The next year she had normal days in class. -
Freedom Riders
In 1961 Washington D.C, there were six riders that boarded Greyhound Bus and seven took a Trailway bus to New Orleans. They expect to face racism but went on with it . They were riding to fight for their equal rights peacefully. -
March on Washington
In 1963 200,000 people gathered in Washington D.C, demanding equal rights for all races. It was when Martin Luther King delivered his famous “I have a dream” speech. It was for this peaceful protest that made it important of civil rights laws in the 1960s. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
In 1964 President Johnson signed the act of prohibited discrimination in the white house on the basis of race, sex, or religion. It prohibited discrimination in public spaces and federally funded programs. It strengthened the enforcement of voting rights and desegregation of schools. -
Malcam X- Civil Rights Leader
On February 21st, 1965 during a speech in New York at Audubon Ballroom in New York City Malcam an important African American activist and the leader of Islam was assassinated. Three members from the Nation of Islam wanted to declare of his murder. Him being killed made a turn in the civil rights movement, he made a self determination legacy of himself to the people. -
Selma to Montgomery “Bloody Sunday”
In March 1965 there were a series of protest marches to restore voting rights for African Americans in the south. On March 7 “Bloody Sunday”, state troopers and local law enforcement made a violent attack on the peaceful Protesters on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. It made a national outrage, it led to a widespread of support for the movement. It made it to a climax in the passage of the Voting Rights Act that year. -
Voting Rights Act 1965
The Voting Rights Act in 1965 made it illegal to deny people their right to vote based on their race. The Act stopped unfair voting practices such as poll taxes and literacy tests. The law helped in fighting racism and that all people are equal, African Americans finally started making a difference. -
Martin Luther King Jr. - Civil Rights Leader
On April 4th, 1968 Martin was standing on his balcony at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee, was assassinated. He was known to be a big great leader in peaceful protests. His death was a surprise but people will still remember his great legacy, a great inspiration to the people.