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Brown VS Board of Education
Brown Vs. Board of Education started in Topeka, Kansas, it began in December 9, 1952 to May 17, 1954. Oliver Brown was involved with his daughter Linda Brown. NAACP and Segregationists were also involved. The case was a landmark legal battle that led to supreme court ruling racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. -
Murder of Emmet Till
Emmet till was kidnapped, beaten, shot in the head, and had a large metal fan tied to his neck. Bryant's husband Roy and his half-brother J. W. Milam, did all this. This all happened just because he whistled at a woman, Carolyn Bryant. -
Rosa Parks and the bus boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott began on December 1, 1955, when Rosa Parks, an African American woman, was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated city bus. Her act of defiance became a pivotal moment in the fight against racial segregation in the United States.
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The SCLC was an organization linked to the black churches. 60 black ministers were pivotal in organizing civil right activism. Martin Luther King Jr was elected President. They focused its non violent strategy on citizenship, schools and efforts to desegregate individual cities. It played key roles in the March on Washington in 1963 and the Selma Voting Rights Campaign and March to Montgomery in 1965. -
Little Rocks 9
The Little Rock Nine were the first group of African American students to integrate Little Rock Central High School Arkansas National Guard to prevent the nine students from entering the school, citing claims of disorder and unrest. -
Greensbroro sit ins
The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests that began on February 1, 1960, when four African American college students from North Carolina AT State University staged a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. Their act of civil disobedience drew national attention and inspired similar protests across the country, as it highlighted the injustices of racial segregation. -
Ruby Bridges
Ruby Bridges is an American civil rights activist known for being the first African American child to integrate an all-white elementary school in the South. At just six years old, she attended William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960, facing significant hostility and racism from those opposed to desegregation. Despite the challenges, her courage and determination became symbols of the fight for civil rights and education equality in the United States. -
Freedom Riders
13 civil rights activists rode from city to city to challenge racial segregation. This took place in southern states on May 4, 1961. In total it was 436 people in 60 separate ride groups like CORE, NAACP, and others. -
March on Washington
The Washington March, also known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, was a major civil rights event that took place on August 28, 1963, in Washington, D.C. The march, where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, which drew hundreds and thousands of people to the National Mall to advocate for racial equality and social justice. The event was a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement, helping to bring attention to the struggles faced by African -
Civil Rights Act (1964)
On July 2nd, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Martin Luther King was there while Lyndon B. Johnson signed it. This was to enable the federal government to prevent racial discrimination and segregation based on race, color, religion, or national origin in private business and public facilities. -
Assassination of Malcom X
On February 21,1965, Malcom X was killed in New York, NY. He was giving a speech in the Audubon Ballroom where he was assassinated. He inspired African Americans to not be ashamed of their skin color. Malcom helped to lead the Nation of Islam after he was released from prison. -
Selma to Montgomery "Bloody Sunday"
Who: SCLC-Jon Lewis
Where: Selma,Alabama
What: They matched to ensure that African Americans could exercise their constitutional right to vote. Police, State troopers, and a citizens "posse" violently attacked civil rights marchers who were attempting to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. -
Voting Rights Act (1965)
August 6, 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson sent a voting rights bill to Congress. It was basically eliminating racial discrimination in voting.This was to ban literacy test poll tax voting is a federal matter not a state matter. If it wasn’t for this, black wouldn’t be able to vote. Now it is equal for everyone to vote no matter what race you are. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King
April 4, 1968, James Earl Ray assassinated Martin Luther King at Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Martin was the most well known civil rights activist. He was also a Nobel Peace prize winner. Ever since his death, he still remembered and has a national holiday which is every year on the third Monday in January.