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Civil Rights Timeline

By Belinda.carreto

  • Brown VS Board of Education

    Brown VS Board of Education
    • It is a Supreme Court Case that ends segregation.
    • The vote was 9-0 unanimous.
    • Linda Brown, who had to commute to go to a Black school, where a white school was blocks away.
    • It is a great decision, however, there was a lot of violence after the ruling.

  • Emmet Till

    Emmet Till
    • 14 year old boy from Chicago, visiting Mississippi
    • Accused of whitsleing at a white women.
    • Roy Bryant and JW Milam will kidnap, beat, shot, kill, throw into a lake Emmet Till.
    • Maime Till has an open casket for his funeral.

  • Rosa Parks Bus Boycott

    Rosa Parks Bus Boycott
    • Rosa Parks of Montgomery, Alabama.
    • Rosa refused to move; she was arrested.
    • Dec 5, a boycott of buses will last 381 days.
    • Non-violence prostest to start more civil rights movement.

  • Southern Christian Leadership Conference

    Southern Christian Leadership Conference
    • started after the bus boycott to organize protest.
    • Martin King Jr. was elected president.
    • organized protest around the southern to coordinate event, such as Greensboro sit- ins, march Washington
      and Selma.
    • After MLK’S assassination it declined.
    • still exists today.

  • Little Rock Nine/Arkansas

    Little Rock Nine/Arkansas
    • Testing Brown V Board of Education decision.
    • 9 students were vetted to undergo this test
    • Airbrin 101 escorted students to class.
    • Following year, all public school closed (1958).
    • Aug 29, 195: School reopened.

  • Greensboro, North Carolina Sit In

    Greensboro, North Carolina Sit In
    • 4 college students sat down at a lunch counter at Woolworths to be served.
    • They were refused to be service.
    • Continued to “sit-in” and others joined.
    • The protest spread to other towns.
    • Forced change.

  • Student Nonviolent coordinating Committee

    Student Nonviolent coordinating Committee
    • youth group of students remained fiercely independent of King and SCLC, generating their own projects and strategies.
    • The two organizations worked side by side throughout the the early years of the the civil rights movement.
    • This group was the second half of the Freedom riders and were part of the March to Selma.

  • Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders
    • 2 week after the bus trip the Deep South, to deliberately violate Jim Crow Laws.
    • it was organized by the CORE.
    • The buses were burned and the riders were beaten by the KKK.
    • MLK become a strong leader by talking to JFK.

  • March on Washington

    March on Washington
    • March on Washington for jobs and freedom was advocate for the civil and economic rights of Africa American.
    • 250,000 people were attendance at the Lincoln Memorial.
    • MLK was the last to speak, and gave his “I HAVE A DREAM” speech.
    • 70-80% of marchers were Black.
    • It helped to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

  • Civil Rights

    Civil Rights
    Forbids employers and labor unions to discriminate against

    any person on grounds of race, color religion, sex, physical ability, or age in jobs related matters.
    - Cannot be related service.
    - Prohibits discrimination against race, color, religion, sex,
    national origin, or physical ability.

  • March on Selma

    March on Selma
    • 60 students March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to get the right to vote.
    • They walked 54 miles and were stopped at the bridge.
    • seen on national television.
    • LBN ordered the passage of 1965 voting rights laws.
    • The 2nd of March took place on March 21-24 days wiring thousands of marching.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voting Rights Act of 1965
    • One of the most comprehensive pieces of legislation in a U.S History.
    • Blacks were registered to vote and being elected to public office.