Significate Events of the Civil Rights Movement

Brown v. Board of Education Topeka

May 31, 1955

This event was political because Brown wasn't allowed to go into an all white school to get taught like the other kids. Which caused the Supreme Court to get involved.

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Dec 1, 1955

This event is an economic event because the buses were losing money from where African Americans didn't ride the bus for approximately over one year.

Groups used massive resistance against African Americans

Feb 25, 1956

This would be a social event because teh blacks were beat by the KKK and had many death threats because of their many Civil Rights victories.

The Pearsall Plan

Apr 5, 1956

This is an economic event because the white kids who atteneded a private school would get tuition money to pay for the school fees.

Little Rock Nine

Sep 24, 1957

This is a social event because Federal Troops got involved to safely take the African American kids to school.

Greeensboro "Coffee Party

Feb 1, 1960

This is an economic event because the workers refused to serve the blacks.

Sit-Ins

Feb 1, 1960

This is an economic event becasue the lunch counters were losing money form where the blacks would sit there all day even thought they weren't getting served.

Civil Rights Leaders Protested in Birmingham, Alabama

Apr 11, 1963

This is an political event because they employed more African Americans in downtown stores. Removed all segregation signs.

Voting Rights Act

Aug 28, 1963

This is a political event because it gave African Americans the right to vote.

March on Washington

Aug 28, 1963

This is a social event because Martin Luther King Jr. lead it and he faced many jailings and other things to help the blacks.

Civil Rights Act

Jan 1, 1964

This is a political because they banned segregation everywhere and prevented job discrimination.

Nikki Giovanni

Jan 1, 1968

She had to go to 5 schools in her education. She published her first poetry book in 1968.

North Carolina recogonized Several Native American groups in the 1970s

Jan 1, 1970

This is a polititcal event because the Native American groups began to get the same rights as others.

Swann v. Mecklenburg

Apr 20, 1971

This is a social event because some schools would close down so they didn't have to accept blacks. This caused other kids to have to go to schools in different neighborhoods.

Equal Rights Amendment

Mar 22, 1972

This is a social event because it created jobs for women.