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Homer Plessy was a 30 year old man who was more white than black, but was considered black. He sat in a car for the "whites" and was put in jail.
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It segregated colored kids to attend the white public schools. A little girl who lived across the street from a white scchool went to court because she had to travel 30 miles to the colored school.
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little rock high9 black students wanted to attend a white school. The governor called the National Guard which then the President called the federal troops and it allowed them to go to school with whites.
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Emmett Till was staying the day at his uncle's house whenever 2 white men abducted him at gunpoint. The men claimed he had whistled at a white girl at the grocery store. His body was found 3 days later brually beaen and shot in the head.
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rosa parksRosa Parks refused to give her seat in the white car. she was arrested and fined, therefore causing other blacks to boycott the buses, lasting 381 days.
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greensboro sit-inFour young African American sudents protested non-violently. They were hurt, and burned with hot coffee and later arrested for trespassing, disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace.
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freedom ridersA group of 13 African Americans took buses to protest segregation at bus terminals. This later issued regulations prohibiting segregation in bus and train stations.
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There was an exclusion of African Americans in the national defense industry. The march pressured John F. Kennedy to initiate federal civil rights.
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This act made it illegal to discriminate people of color in public. It also provided schools, and public facilities for them and mad eemployment discrimination illegal.
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Malcolm X was similar to MLK in the sense of fighting for civil rights. He was shot to death by a group of Nation of Islam members while givinng a speech in NYC.
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voting rightsThis act was directed towaards overcoming legal barriers a the levels that didn't allow African Americans their right to vote.
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assasination of MLKMLK fought for Civil Rights and lead a peaceful protest. His death lead to outraged black Americans and helped speed up the equal housing bill.
