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Emmett Till
Emmett Till was a young man who went to Mississippi, while he was there he said something to a white woman at a store. Later that night a man went to Till's house and took him. Till's body was found days later, badly beaten and dead. Till's killers were found innocent but later came out saying that they did kill Emmett Till. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
African Americans were tired of having to sit in the back of the bus. The Montgomery Bus Boycott started with Rosa Parks and then many joined her. It got very violent but American finally removed segregation from the buses. -
The Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine were the the first African Americans to go to high school. A day before school started the governer sent the National Guard to keep them out. The President sent people to help the nine and let them in school. -
The Sit-Ins
The Sit-Ins started with four African American students who went and sat at a diner counter where they were not allowed. They were refused service and the diner was closed. The students were attacked and arrested but more kept coming and eventually they were served. -
Freedom Rides
African Americans who were inspired by the Sit-Ins started freedom rides. They went on bus rides through the south using white only facilities; the buses were bombed and the riders were attacked. The freedom rides eventually came to a stop. -
Albany Movement
The Albany Movement was started when Martin Luther King Jr was arrested. King had the idea to fill up all the jails so the African Americans could maybe get what they wanted. This plan did not work, the Albany Movement was a defeat for King. -
Letters from Birmingham
While Martin Luther King Jr was in jail he got newspaper articles that were attacking him, he wrote his responses in the newspaper marines, these were the Letters from Birmingham. -
Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer was when college students willing to spend their summers in Mississippi registering African Americans to vote. The volunteers also educated children and started projects. But after some people went missing 2/3 of the vlunteers were scared off. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
After many years of struggle and determination African Americans finally got a little bit of justice. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned discrimination in employment and in public accomodations. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 finally gave African Americans a say in their government. Within three weeks of the act being passed 27,000 African Americans registered to vote.
