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American History Civil Rights Timeline

By Ckring33

  • Emmett Till

    Emmett Till
    Emmet Till said,"Bye, babe." To a white women, and that night between 2:00 to 3:30 three men named Roy Bryant, Milam, and one undiscovered man went to Emmett's house and kidnapped him. Through the early morning the tree men tourtured him, and from multiple sources he was shot behind Milam's shed, or the Tallahatchine River

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott
    The Mongomery Bus Boycott is a event that is part of the cicil rights movement. The event was a protest against the policy of racial segrigation. The campaign started when a black lady, by the name of Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a public bus.

  • The Little Rock Nine

    The Little Rock Nine
    There were nine African American Students that were enrolled in Little Rock Central High School, that were involved in the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School. ON theiir mission they entered a school, that caused a nationwide crisis.

  • Black Sit Ins

    Black Sit Ins
    Four black college students, named Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, David Richmond and Ezell Blair, sat down at a non-colored lunch counter at a Woolworth’s in Greensboro, N.C., and they refused to get up, so they were beat and they could fight back.

  • Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders
    Freedom riders were called civil rights activists, they rode buses into the segregated south, on their trips, whotes would pop the bus tires, invade the buses and beat them.

  • Letter From MLK in Jail

    Letter From MLK in Jail
    The Letter from Birmingham Jail, explains the plan non violent resistance to racism. This letter was wrote by Martin Luther King, which was put in jail for being a leader of the Blacks.

  • Bombings of the 16th Baptist Church

    Bombings of the 16th Baptist Church
    The church on 16th street was bombed on a Sunday, that killed four black girls that were etting ready for a reherseral. This was an act of of white supremacist terrorism, which was ran by the KKK.

  • Mississippi Buring

    Mississippi Buring
    Three American Civil right workers, named James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwernerd were shot on June 21, 1964, by members of the KKK. The tree men that were shot were working on the campagin "Freedom Summer" That allowed African Americans to vote.