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Brown Vs. Board of Education
The people involved were Oliver Brown and Linda Brown. It all went down in Topeka, Kansas. NAACP combined 5 cases and took it to the Supreme Court. 9-0 to overturn the separate but equal doctrine. However, many of these black students were not able to go to school with the white students. -
Murder of Emmett Till
The people involved were Roy and Cardyn Bryant. Took place in Drew or Money Mississippi. Emmitt Till was a used of whistling at a white woman. 3 days later Roy Bryant and others kidnapped and tortured him. The detached his eye, cut his ear off, put bar wire around his neck, weighed him down with a 75 pound cottengin fan, and thrown into the water. It took the jury one hour and 7 minutes to convict the murders as not guilty. His mother had an open casket to show what had happened to her son. -
Rosa Parks and the Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks and Marin Luther King Jr. were involved in the Bus Boycott in Montgomery, Alabama. Rosa parks refused to give up her seat to a white person on the bus. She was arrested for it and fined $10. Martin Luther King and the church sent out flyers to boycott the bus system on Dec 5. The buses ran empty for 381 days. The Supreme Court rules that buses had to allow black passengers to ride and sit wherever they wanted. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
It involved Martin Luther King Jr. and 60 other black pastors. It took place in Atlanta, Georgia. This was a group that had black church pastors to coordinate events for black people. Martin Luther King Jr. was elected the 1st president of this group. They used a non violent strategy. This group also registered blacks to vote, opposed the Vietnam war, and got better jobs for blacks. -
Little Rock 9
This involved NAACP and 9 nine black students. It took place in Little Rock, Arkansas. Those students were Minnijean Brown, Terrance Roberts, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Thelma Mothershed, Melba Patillo, Gloria Ray, Jefferson Thomas, and Carlotta Walls. Those 9 wanted to go to a white school. The governor of Arkansas called out the National Guard to stop them. President Eisenhower called in 1,200 military men to escort these students from home to class. In 1954 all schools fully integrated. -
Greensboro sit in
The sit in involved 4 college students who were Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair Jr., and David Richmond. It all happened in Greensboro, North Carolina. They would go to Woolworth’s to buy items. They go sit at the lunch counter but were refused service and told leave but they stayed. Day after day they came back and did the same thing. The amount of students grew over the days to 1000. -
Freedom Riders
There were 436 individuals in 60 separate freedom riders. It started in Washington D.C and went to the Deep South to desegregate bus stations, diners, and hotels. A diverse group of volunteers from 39 states. Most of those volunteers were college students. The bus arrived in Austen, Alabama and it was blocked by KKK members. The tires were slashed, fired bombed, and burned down the bus. -
March on Washington
250,000 people marched in Washington D.C. It was a peaceful and respectful protest that was for jobs and freedom. Martin Luther King gave his famous “I have a dream” speech. Martin Luther King was the last speaker of the day. -
Civil Rights Act (1964)
It all took place in Washington D.C and it involved Lyndon B. Johnson and Martin Luther King. This civil rights act enables the federal government to prevent racial discrimination. It also prevents segregation based on race, color, religion, or national origin in private businesses or public facilities. -
Assassination of Malcom X
It involved Malcom Little who was part of the Nation of Islam. He was a civil rights leader who wanted black people to believe in themselves. He wanted them to start their own business. He was shot in Audubon ballroom, New York. Themas Hagar was convicted of killing Malcolm X. -
Selma to Montgomery Marches (Bloody Sunday)
It involved 600 marchers and John Lewis. It all took place in Selma, Alabama. Black marchers wanted to walk 54 miles to Montgomery to register to vote. At the Edmond Bridge troupers brutally beat them. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
It involved Lyndon B. Johnson and took place in Washington D.C. He put an end to discrimination in voting for African Americans. It was made into a federal law and no longer a state law. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
MLK was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was striking Sanitation Workers at the time and went back to the motel. He was shot in the face on he lower right side with a Remington rifle. James Earl Ray was sentenced to 99 years. His death marked the end of the civil rights movement.