Civil Rights Timeline Standard 2-2: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the structure and function of local, state, and national government
By rsobowale019
-
Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus
Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat for a white man on a public bus. -
Montgomery bus boycott
After Rosa Parks getting arrested a boycott was formed for the right to sit anywhere on a public bus. -
Sit in at Woolworth's lunch counter
Four black college freshmen entered a whites-only Woolworth's lunch counter and demanded service. The students were refused, but they did not leave. Instead they sat for the rest of the day in the restaurant in protest. -
Freedom riders bus burned
Freedom Riders' bus was burned outside of Anniston, Alabama. A riot against the Freedom Riders in Montgomery, Alabama, left a personal representative of the Attorney General, Robert Kennedy, nearly beaten to death. -
The Other America written by Michael Harrington
public support for Johnson's anti-poverty program was solidified when Michael Harrington published his book The Other America. Harrington reported that 20 percent of America's population—and nearly 40 percent of the black population—lived in poverty. Many Americans, who lived in relative prosperity, were startled by Harrington's findings. -
MLK writes Letter from a Birmingham jail
The letter was a rousing argument for the use of nonviolent strategies to promote change. -
"I have a dream" speech given by Martin Luther King
Standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial, King delivered his most memorable address—his "I Have a Dream" speech. This one speech summarized the hopes of all oppressed people, and to this day remains one of the most recognizable and powerful speeches in American history. -
Civil Rights bill passed
To enforce the Civil Rights Bill of 1964, the federal government formed the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The commission banned all discrimination based on race, religion, gender, and national origin in an act that became known as Title VII. Following passage of the Civil Rights Bill and the establishment of the EEOC, most businesses in the south immediately desegregated.