Twombly's civil rights timeline

By Gage T

  • Jackie Robinson Hired to the Brooklyn Dodgers

    Jackie Robinson Hired to the Brooklyn Dodgers
    • Jackie Robinson broke the color line by playing baseball
    • he was insulted by fans and was beamed by the ball and cleated by other players

  • Executive Order 9981

    Executive Order 9981
    • The order was made so people would stop segregation in the military
    • The order was made so that no matter what your race or the color of your skin was you wouldn't de segregated in the army

  • Brown v. Board of Education Ruling

    Brown v. Board of Education Ruling
    • got segregation out of school because it was unconstitutional
    • The case was more than one case combined because they were all looking for the some thing to happen

  • Black panther party founded

    Black panther party founded
    Black power : group of activists that were not focused on nonviolent protesting
    SNCC : student Nonviolent coordinating committee
    - Blacks, The nation of islam were influenced by the leaders Malcolm , Hewy newton and bobby stale
    - ok with violence
    - developed a ten point platform to achieve goals

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott (start)

    Montgomery Bus Boycott (start)
    • rosa parks was a 43 year old woman who refused to give up her seat to someone else because she wanted her rights
    • because of rosa parks getting arrested 90% of the black community didn't ride the bus on December 5 for their boycott

  • Integration of Central High School

    Integration of Central High School
    • The little rock 9 were 9 african american students that went to school with around 2000 white students.
    • president eisenhower had to send the 9 students to school with a military convoy and for most of the year they had body guards

  • Sit in's

    Sit in's
    • black students from North Carolina's Agricultural and Technical College went to a lunch counter and sat there because no one would serve them
    • the first time a african american ate at Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro on July 24 1960

  • Freedom riders

    Freedom riders
    • general Robert Kennedy set police with a transport of the freedom riders and when they got to their destination the police arrested the freedom riders
    • The freedom riders were put together by core congress of racial equality

  • Birmingham Campaign: Letter from a Birmingham Jail

    Birmingham Campaign: Letter from a Birmingham Jail
    • MLK Jr made a letter while in jail to explain why african americans were protesting the way they were protesting
    • MLK Jr was explaining the difference between just and unjust

  • March on Washington

    March on Washington
    • The march was to protest inequality for african americans
    • more than 250,000 people went on the march to give african americans equality

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964
    • the civil rights act was made to stop discrimination for sex race and religion
    • JFK was supporting the civil rights act but it never really got much support until after JFK's assasination

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voting Rights Act of 1965
    • the voting rights act was to get rid of literacy test witch most african americans had trouble with because of lack of education
    • the act also had the federal government watch to make sure no one was hurt

  • Watts Riot

    Watts Riot
    • lasted for six long days, During that time, 34 people died, almost 900 were injured, and nearly 4,000 were arrested
    • The rioting did not end until 14,000 members of the National Guard were sent to Watts to restore order

  • Advocates for Black Nationalism

    Advocates for Black Nationalism
    • the Nation of Islam promoted black nationalism
    • Black Muslims worked to become independent from whites by establishing their own businesses, schools, and communities.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1968

    Civil Rights Act of 1968
    • the civil rights act included a fair-housing component that banned discrimination in housing sales and rentals
    • It also gave the federal government the authority to file lawsuits against those who violated the law

  • Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenberg Board of Education

    Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenberg Board of Education
    desegregation
    -school and the Black students who are being bused to the school
    -busing is a way for schools to desegregate

  • Regents of the Univeristy of California v. Bakke

    Regents of the Univeristy of California v. Bakke
    • Four justices were firmly against any use of race in university admissions. Another four felt just as strongly that race should be used
    • The remaining justice, Lewis Powell, thought race could be used as a criterion in choosing students but opposed the system of preferential treatment used by the University of California

  • Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) founded

    Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) founded
    • Nonviolent Organization (protesters)
    • went around to cities to help desegregation