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Brown v Board of Education II
A year before this act took place it was declared unconstitutional to have segregated schools, and now this act ordered the integration of these schools as soon as possible. -
Brown v Board of Education
The Brown v Board of Education was a case that was a huge achievement for the Civil Rights movement because it declared that segregated schools were unconstitutional. This means that separated public schools who not be anymore. This angered a ton of people, while exciting a ton of others. -
White Citizens Council
The White Citizens Council was a white supremacist group. This council was started after the government started not allowing segregation. This group was not involved with violence. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was sparked when the arrest of Rosa Parks happened. This protest was supposed to represent the racial segregation on public transportation. This boycott lasted a total of 381 days. -
Lynching of Emmett Till
Emmett Till was a 14 year old boy who was lynched by some white men after a women got offended by a comment he said in a grocery store. This was a big shock to a ton of people. Emmett's mother had an open casket funeral so the world could see what injustice was done to her son. -
Rosa Parks Arrested
Rosa Parks an African American civil rights activist who was arrested on December 1st, 1955 due to a public transportation incident. She has refused to give up her seat on the public bus to a white passenger, and so she was arrested. This event is what started the Montgomery bus boycott. -
Martin Luther King House Bombing
Martin Luther King Jr.'s house was bombed after the Montgomery boycott was deemed successful. King was not home with the Bombing accrued, but rushed home to make sure his wife and child were safe. -
Eisenhower sends in Federal Troops
Eisenhower had to send in Federal Troops to Little Rock, Arkansas after a group of African American students were prevented from entering their school. He sent the troops, and they then were able to enter. -
SCLC Founded
SCLC stands for Southern Christian Leadership Conference. This was a part of the civil rights movement, and Martin Luther King Jr. was a big part of it seeing as he was the President. -
Greensboro Sit Ins
These "sit ins" were silent protests that went on in Greensboro, North Carolina. Even though these protests were not violent many people were arrested. News of these "sit ins" spread and more and more people began doing them. -
SNCC Formed
SNCC stands for Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. This was a Civil Rights Movement organization that involved student sit ins. The first sit ins were organized at Shaw University. -
Freedom Rides
The freedom riders were a part of a protest that happened in America South. These protests incorporated both whites and African Americans who were protesting segregated bus terminals. Many people were arrested during these protests. -
White mob attacks federal marshals in Montgomery
Federal officers were send in to try and restore peace after racial violence had gotten out of hand. A group of African Americans had been beaten after riding the public bus transportation by a white mob. -
Bombing of Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth
Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth was a civil rights leader who worked with Martin Luther King Jr. He had almost been killed by a man who was also involved with the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing. -
Bailey v Patterson
The Bailey v Patterson case was brought to court by some African Americans living in Jackson, Mississippi. The result of this case resulted in enforcement of rights in nonsegregated service in interstate/intrastate transportation. -
Albany Georgia “failure”
The Albany movement was considered a failure to some because they were not able to desegregate public spaces in Georgia. Other don't consider it a failure because they think it was beneficial for the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. -
March on Washington "I have a Dream"
The March on Washington was a protest that was located in Washington, and involved more than 250,000 people. This protest was centered around the challenges, and inequalities that African Americans were still facing, and during this protest is when Martin Luther King Jr. spoke his "I have a dream" speech. -
MLK goes to Birmingham jail
MLK was arrested in Birmingham after he and some others began protesting in Birmingham. He was arrested because a court had ruled that MLK was not allowed to protest in Birmingham, but he did anyways. -
Kennedy sends in Federal Troops
Kennedy began sending troops in Birmingham to keep the peace because he wanted to preserve order. He did not want either side to be using violence. He also had the National Guard on hand if things got out of hand. -
Bombing of a church in Birmingham
This bombing was organized by a white supremacist group, and affected the African American 16th Street Baptist Church. Four deaths occurred due to this bombing, and this bombing is consisted mass murder. -
Equal Pay Act
This act represents equal pay for equal work. This was manly a problem due to sexual discrimination. This was enacted by past President John F. Kennedy, and was one of the first steps of decreasing sexual discrimination. -
Assassination of Medgar Evans
Medgar Evans was assassinated by white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith. Medgar was a Civil Rights activist, and was apart of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He was a army volunteer during the Normandy Invasion, and was given full military honors at his funeral. His killer was originally set free, but then later found guilty. -
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. The shooting took place while President Kennedy, and his wife were riding through Dallas in a convertible. November 25th 1963 was a national day of mourning for President Kennedy put in affect by newly sworn in President Johnson. -
Freedom Summer
Freedom summer took place in Mississippi, and was a volunteer project. They wanted to see how many African Americans they could get registered to vote. This was a non violent project that was started by civil rights activists. -
XXIV (24th) Amendment
The 24th Amendment is referred to as the “Abolition of Poll Taxes”. This means that when someone goes to vote in a federal election they do not have to pay taxes before voting. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964`
This Civil Rights Act was a big accomplishment for the Civil Rights Movement because this the act that officially ended public segregation, and employment discrimination. This act was proposed by the past President John F. Kennedy. -
Killing of Goodman, Chaney, Schwerner
These men were killed in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Goodman, and Schwerner were white New Yorkers who had come to Philadelphia on behalf of CORE. Chaney was a African America also associated with CORE. These men were taken, and considered missing people. This brought an uproar, and had national attention. -
Selma to Montgomery March
These consisted of three different marches that all took place starting in Selma, and ended in the state capital Montgomery. Some of the issues they protested was the right to even protest,and also equal voting for African Americans. -
Assassination of Malcolm X
Malcolm X was assassinated February 21, 1965 in Washington Heights, New York City. He was moments away from speaking about his new organization called the Organization of Afro-American Unity. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This Act involved making sure that all African Americans were given equal voting rights. This act was put into action by President Johnson. -
Black Panthers Formed
The BPP also known as the Black Panther Party was formed to challenge the police brutality going on against African Americans. It was started by Huey Newton, and Bobby Seale. -
Loving v Virginia
The Loving v Virginia was another big win for the civil right movement. This case was started due to a marriage between a African American women, and a white man who's marriage was found illegal due to them being different races. This case in the end invalidated the laws against interracial marriages. -
Detroit Riots
This was a very bloody riot in 1967, that is considered one of the bloodiest race riots. The riot began with confrontation between some African Americans, and some police officers. -
Minneapolis Riots
In 1967 there was a lot of racial violence that occurred. Police had to step in because it was getting so violent in North Minneapolis due to race riots. -
Assassination of MLK
Martin Luther King was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4th, 1968. He was killed in the Lorraine Motel which is where he was staying while supporting a sanitation workers' strike. His death brought a lot of anger, and sadness throughout the United States. -
Assassination of Robert "Bobby" Kennedy
Presidential Candidate Robert Kennedy was assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan on June 5th, 1968. He was shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, CA just after winning the Presidential primaries in California.
