Important Dates in the African American Civil Rights Era (Powered By Wikipedia)
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Rosa Parks Arrested
After refusing to give her seat to a white man on a public segregated bus, Rosa Parks was arrested. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott, a seminal episode in the U.S. civil rights movement, was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. The campaign lasted from December 1, 1955, when Rosa Parks, an African American woman, was arrested for refusing to surrender her seat to a white person. -
Martin Luther King Jr. named leader of the Civil Rights Movement
4 Days after Parks' arrest, MLK was named the leader of the movement. -
End of Bus Boycott
After a year of non-violent civil disobedience, the bus boycott was ended. -
National Guard Prevents the "Little Rock Nine"Students from entering school
In order to prevent the students from entering, the Little Rock National Guard and an angry white crowd drove the students back, ensuring that they would'nt be able to enter. -
"Little Rock Nine" go to school
After fighting for such a simple right that every other American is entitled to, the "Little Rock Nine" finally go to school -
Freedom Rides Begin
One of the most influential moments of the Civil Rights Movement were the Freedom Rides. There main purpose was to ride interstate buses into segregated cities. -
Segregated Sit-Ins Begin
As a form of non-violent protest, African American s crowded into segregated resturaunts and sat, which caused them to later be beaten violently and arrested. -
6 Girls Killed In Church Bombing
A disgusting act caused by the KKK in killing 6 girls in the 16th Street Baptist Church by bombing the church. -
Mississippi Civil Rights Workers Kidnapped and Killed
The 3 young workers were stopped by the police for speeding. They were then taken in my the police and later released. As they were leaving, KKK members kidnapped, tortured, and murdered the 3 young men. The President then declared a search of the boys, there bodies were found later. -
Jimmy Lee Jackson Killed at 26
Jimmie Lee Jackson (December 1938 – February 26, 1965) was Jimmy Lee Jackson was a civil rights protestor who was shot and killed by Alabama State Trooper James Bonard Fowler in 1965. Jackson was unarmed. His death inspired the Selma to Montgomery marches, an important event in the American Civil Rights movement. He was 26 years old. -
Bloody Sunday
600 civil rights marchers were attacked by state and local police with billy clubs and tear gas. The second march, the following Tuesday, resulted in 2,500 protesters turning around after crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge. -
New Civil Rights Established
Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 on August 6. The 1965 act suspended poll taxes, literacy tests, and other subjective voter tests. It authorized Federal supervision of voter registration in states and individual voting districts where such tests were being used. African Americans who had been barred from registering to vote finally had an alternative to taking suits to local or state courts. If voting discrimination occurred, the 1965 act authorized the Attorney General of the United
