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Brown vs Board of Education
This was a Supreme Court case that ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. Children of color would be separated but still considered equal with education. The ruling caused a lot of conflict between school workers, and the government. Due to the conflict, many schools did not comply with this ruling. This would later lead to more fighting among the communities. -
Rosa Parks Bus Altercation
One day, Rosa Parks went on a bus and sat in a seat where she was allowed to sit in which was the 5th row. The seats began to fill up and the colored people were asked to move back because they were close to the front. The colored people complied except for Rosa Parks. She was arrested and fined for 10$. -
Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine African American students who attended Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. This was apart of the Brown v. Board Education. On their first day of school, the school and the Arkansas National Guard blocked the students from being able to enter the school. President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent federal troops to help the students get into school. -
Ruby Bridges
Ruby Bridges was an African American student who went to William Frantz Elementary School. Every day, she was brought to school by four armed federal marshals. She was insulted for going to the school and for being her color by many parents from the school. Parents even got to the point where they would take their kid out of school because she was attending there. -
Freedom Rides
A group of seven African Americans and six white whites all boarded two buses to test if the law put against segregation on buses was going to work. When the bus stopped at a restroom, the group was using bathrooms for the opposite race. The group was beaten for their actions and the bus was firebombed. -
March on Washington
A crowd of about 250,000 people gathered on the National Mall in Washington, D.C with no violence. They protested jobs and freedom and listened to speeches by civil rights leaders including Martin Luther King, Jr. This is where he delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech. -
Church in Birmingham
The terrorist attack in Birmingham on the African American 16th street Church by the KKK killed 4 girls and injured 14. The Attack caused people all around the world to form have outrage. The bombing was directed at the African American families who attended the church. This is just one of the horrible things that happened to harm the African American communities. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act which was similar to was John F. Kenedy had signed but would be stronger. The act made it so there was no racial discrimination in employment, voting, and public facilities. This was a huge step for the Civil Rights Movement and the African American culture. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., was killed by a sniper while standing on the second-floor balcony at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. His murder set off riots in hundreds of cities across the country. James Earl Ray is convicted of the murder in 1969. -
Voting Rights Act of 1968
The Fair Housing Act of 1968 got rid of discrimination concerning the sale, rental and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin or sex. It was going off of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The act was passed quickly by the House of Representatives in the days after the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. This act was very good for the Civil Rights Movement.