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This Supreme Court ruled that separating
chldren in oublic schoo's on the basis of race
was unconstitutional. it senaled the end of
lega zed racal segregation in the schools of the
United States, overruling the "separate but equal oninciple set forth in the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case. This was the start of blacks getting their rights. -
While visiting his relatives in Mississippi, Till
went to the Bryant store with is cousins. and
may have whisted al carolyn bryant. Her
husband. Rov Brant. and brother-in-law. W
viam, xianaopeo and orutally murdered I, dumping his body in the Tallahatchie River. This may have whistled at Corovo Brant Her
husband, Rov Bryant, and brother-in-law, J.W. Milam, kidnapped and brutally murdered Till. They dumped his body in the Tallahatchie River. This causes many black to become upset and protest. -
On December first Rosa Parks refused to move
seats on a bus and was arrested. On December
fifth the bus boycolt begins and lasted 381
days. Martin Luther King emerges as leader of
the bus boycott. This was the first large demonstration of blacks fighting for thier rights. -
This event started after the bus boycott to organize a protest. Martin Luther King was choosen to lead it. He had corinated protest through the south like the Greenbors sitins. After Matin was assassinated the protest declined. -
This was an event where they were testing
Brown vs Bored of Education decision. They
picked nine students to undergo this test of
going to white schoos. They where escorted to
class every because whites would hurt them otherwise. The following year all public schools closed. They reopened August of 1959. -
Four collage students sat down at a lunch
counter to be served. They were refused service
because of their skin color. They continued to
sit in and others joined them. The protest
spread out to other towns, this forced changes to be made. -
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee (SNCC) was founded in 1960.
Student-led sit-ins at segregated lunch counters across the South. This became the major channel of student participation in the civil rights movement. -
2 week bus trip to the deep South, to
deliberately violate Jim sim Crow laws. It was organized by CORE. The buses were burned and riders beaten by KKK. Nov 1, white and
colored signs are removed from Bus stations train stations and lunch counters. -
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
was to advocate for the Civil economy rights
Of African Americans. 250,000 people were in
attendance at the Lincoln Memorial MLK was the last to speak, and gave his "I have a dreams speech! 70-80% of marchers were black. It was to advocate for the civil and economy rights of African Americans. -
The act made it so whites can’t refuse black services. Forbids employers and labor unions to discriminate against any person on grounds of race, color, religion, sex, physical disability, or are in job related matters. -
600 students marched from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to get the right to vote
They walked 54 miles and were stooped at the
bridge. LBJ ordered the passage of 1,302 young right laws. March took place March 21-24 dave with 25,000 marchers. -
The Voting Rights Act of 1965, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. It aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote. This was guaranteed under the 15th Amendment.