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Creation of the Montgomery Improvement Association
the Montgomery improvement was formed on December 5 1955, in Montgomery Alabama at the start of Montgomery bus boycott the organization was established to coordinate the boycott and provide leadership for the African American community in their fight against racial segregation on public buses led by Dr Martin Luther King Jr who was elected its president and the (mia) also worked to raise funds,coordinate carpools and communicate the goals of boycott nationally -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
the Montgomery bus boycott was a pivotal event in the civil rights movement lasting over a year from December 5th 1955 to December 20th 1956 in Montgomery Alabama it began after Rosa parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger of racial segregation laws but the boycott involved tens of thousands of African Americans refusing to ride the bus and walking to work or school and significantly impacting city's transit system and economy -
Emmett Till’s Murder
Emmett Till was a 14 year old African American boy from Chicago and was brutally murder by 4 man in Mississippi for whistling at this women named Carolyn Bryan and then she called her husband and he abducted till and Roy Bryant and his half brother and jw milam who severely beat him , shot him and disposed of his body in the Tallahatchie river, weighed him down with a cotton gin fan his body was found days later and his mother had a open casket funeral so every one could see the racial violence -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
the civil rights act of 1957 was the first federal civil rights legislation passed in the us since reconstruction sighed into law by president Dwight d Eisenhower on September 9th 1957 and it was to address racial discrimination and protect voting rights in the south for African Americans, the act established the civil rights division within department of justice and empowered federal prosecutors to inter vene in cases of voter disenfranchisement. -
Little Rock Nine Crisis
the little Rock Nine occurred in 1957 when Nine African Americans school students integrated central high school in little Rock Arkansas and the supreme court 1954 brown v board of education decision and the students faced relentless harassment and hostility through the school year -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
the civil rights act of 1964 outlawed discrimination based on race,color,religion,sex,or national origin sighed into law by president lyndon b Johnson the banned segregation in public places like schools ,parks and even restaurants and it prohibited employment discrimination -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
the voting rights act of 1965 is a landmark piece in the us aimed at eliminating racial discrimination voting the president lyndon b signed it in to law and it was a response to wide spread voter suppression mostly in the south and the act made it African Americans can vote and be a registered voter -
March from Selma to Montgomery
the marches were pivotal events in the civil rights movement and was held in 1965 to demand voting rights the first March known as the bloody Sunday took place on March 7th when peaceful demonstrators attempting to cross the pettus bridge in Alabama and they were brutally attacked by some state trooper and this shocked the nation and drew a widespread support for the movement led by Martin Luther King Jr and the demonstrators walked 54 m to highlight racial justice for voting rights -
Fair Housing Act
the fair housing act passed in 1968 it was sighed in to law a little after the assassination of Martin Luther King it was intended to address systemic in equalities in housing access to protect individuals from discrimination based on race,color ,national origin,religion,sex,familial status or disability and the act covers housing related activities like renting selling and financing homes so they can give equal opportunities -
Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
the assassination on Martin Luther king occurred on April 4th 1968 in Memphis Tennessee he was shot and killed while on a balcony of Lorraine motel he was in Memphis to support workers on strike for fair wages and work conditions and his breath sparked riots but the man who killed him was known as James earl ray a known criminal and his death showed how hard it was to fight for justice in america -
Swann vs. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Swann vs. Charlotte-Mecklenburg board of education in 1971 the court case was addressed to racial segregation in pubilc schools but many schools in the south remained segregated but a boys parents filed a law suit challenging this system -
Shirley Chisholm’s Presidential Campaign
Shirley Chisholm’s Presidential Campaign was a ground breaking moment in American history as a black women to run for major party's she challenged systemic Barrie's of race and gender in politics and she was the first black women to be in Congress -
Hank Aaron’s Home Run Record
Hank Aaron’s Home Run Record was on April 8 1974 he was play for the Atlanta braves he hit his 715th career home run off Los Angeles dodgers he beat Ruth's record of 714 which had stood for 39 years araon faced intense racism hate mail and death threats as a black man challenging one of baseball most cherished records -
University of California Regents vs. Bakke Creation of the Montgomery Improvement Association Founding of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Sweatt v. Painter Cooper v. Aaron Keys v. Carolina Coach
the supreme court case addressed affirmative action in higher education a white applicant, challenged the University of California medical school for rejecting him in favor of minority candidates under a system