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civil rights act of 1957
this was the firs federal civil rights legislation passed by the US it basically authorized the prosecution of those who violated the right to vote for united state citizens -
sweatt vs painter
Herman Sweat was denied admission to the university of Texas law school based on his race and the supreme court ruled that they couldn't reject applicants based on their race and it challenged the separate but equal -
emmit till
emmit till was trying to buy some candy and when he got home he was accused of sexualy hassasing the woman cashier and a mob took him out of his house and brutally muderd him it was a big step into the civil rights movement due to the funeral being brodcasted -
motgomary bus boycott
this was a civil rights protest where blacks would no longer ride the bus in Montgomery 4 days before the boycott rosa parks was arrested and fined for not giving up her seat and considering it was mostly blacks riding the bus the companies suffered and the US supreme court ruled that it was unconstitutional to segregate buses -
little rock nine conferance
9 black students enterd and all white highschool in little rock and the governor displaced their national guard to prevent the federal court order of the racial integration and then the president ordered 1000 military personnel to enforce the court order 5 days later the school said they would comply with the court order -
greensboro sit in
4 students sat down at a luch counter where the policy at the time was to serve only whites. after they were denied service they refused to give up there seat. the police arrived and could do anything due to the lack of provocation and the media arrived and the 4 sat there until close. the next day more people sat in and eventually they were served and this sparked hope in the country and now sit in were happening everywhere -
fredom riders
theise were pepole that rode interstate buses to the southern states that were in segregation in response to the supreme court case morgan vs virginia -
civil rights act of 1964
congres passed a law stating prohibits discrimiation based on race color religion gender or national origin this protected jobs and applications from being rejected based on the things listed above also those literacy test for the right to vote became obsolite -
malcom x assasination
malcom x a former civil rigthts leader and in a ballroom in manhattan newyork and was shot and died to his wounds and his assassination was only making the civil rights movement stronger -
assasination of mlk
mlk was staning on his 2 floor balcony at the lorain motel In Memphis tenesey he was shot dead news came out that he was assassinated and major violent outbreaks of protest came out -
voting act right 1970
president nixon passed a act that extended the act of 1965 -
23 ammendment
the 23 ammement was passed by nixon and it lowerd the voting age to 18 for all individuals no matter the race -
henry hank
hennry hank hits a home run braking babe ruths record for the farthest home run he became the first black man that white fans also cheerd -
voting right act of 1975
again it exended the voting rights of 1965 and got rid of the literacy test fro voting it also prevented discrimination of people and language minority groups -
University of California Regents vs. Bakke
this was a case that held that the university addition criteria that was using race as a factor in admmitions witch violate the equal rights protection clause