Civil Rights Timeline

By moti abdullahi

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott
    montgomery bus boycott videoThis started when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat at the colored section of the bus. She was jailed, then that when the Montgomery Bus Boycott began.
    BIBLIOGAPHY: Hatfield, Edward A. "Bus Desegregation in Atlanta." New Georgia Encyclopedia. 03 December 2013. Web. 17 April 2015.

  • Formation of SCLC and goals

    Formation of SCLC and goals
    videothe sclc (Southern Chrishian Leadership Confrence) is what got created because of the success of the montgomery bus botcott. papers were writen by Baynard Rustin to spread awareness.
    BIBLIOGRAPHY: Cooksey, Elizabeth B. "Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)." New Georgia Encyclopedia. 30 August 2013. Web. 17 April 2015.

  • Formation of SNCC

    Formation of SNCC
    videothe SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committe), was created by younger people such as the four black collage students in North Carolina.
    BIBLIOGRAPHY: Holliman, Irene V. "Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)." New Georgia Encyclopedia. 23 June 2014. Web. 17 April 2015.

  • Admission of Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes into university of georgia

    Admission of Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes into university of georgia
    videothe addmission of these two students angered other white students and began things such protests and riots. these students disliked the decision made to integrate the university.
    BIBLIOGRAPHY: Nash, Amanda. "Charlayne Hunter-Gault (b. 1942)." New Georgia Encyclopedia. 15 January 2015. Web. 17 April 2015.

  • Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders
    these were a group of people who aimed to test the desegregation of public transportation.
    http://abcnews.go.com/video/embed?id=13573993
    BIBLIOGRAPHY: Hatfield, Edward A. "Freedom Rides." New Georgia Encyclopedia. 29 May 2014. Web. 17 April 2015.

  • Albany Movement

    Albany Movement
    the albany movement, was started in hope of ending desegregation all around the community.
    http://www.spike.com/video-clips/4ugsxv/the-albany-movement
    BIBLIOGRAPHY: Formwalt, Lee W. "Albany Movement." New Georgia Encyclopedia. 03 February 2015. Web. 17 April 2015.

  • March on Washington

    March on Washington
    video this march was huge with many people marching for jobs and freedom. this was held in Washington D.C more than 200,000 people came to the march.
    BIBLIOGRAPHY:Staff, History.com. "March on Washington." History.com. A E Networks, 1 Jan. 2009. Web. 17 Apr. 2015.

  • Civil Rights Act

    Civil Rights Act
    videothe civil rights act began when there was discrimination of race,color,sex,or relegion. this act was created to get rid of all of that,this proved succesfull.
    BIBLIOGRAPHY: Tuck, Stephen. "Civil Rights Movement." New Georgia Encyclopedia. 07 April 2015. Web. 17 April 2015.

  • Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

    Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
    videoon april 4, 1965 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed standing on his balcony. he was in memphis, Tennessee helping out sanitation workes on a strike.
    BIBLIOGRAPHY: Alderman, Derek H. "Martin Luther King Jr. Streets in Georgia." New Georgia Encyclopedia. 10 January 2014. Web. 17 April 2015.

  • Voting Rights Act

    Voting Rights Act
    videothe voting righta act is an act where it allowed African Americans to vote. before this act there were barriers that prevented African Americans from voting.
    BIBLIOGRAPHY: Tuck, Stephen. "Civil Rights Movement." New Georgia Encyclopedia. 07 April 2015. Web. 17 April 2015.