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Brown vs. Board Of Education
The event of Brown vs. The Board Of Education was about a man named Oliver Brown filed a law suit at the BOE because his daughter was denied entrance to an all white school. The main people involved were; Oliver Brown, Thurgood Marshall, Lyndon B. Johnson, and the members of the Supreme Court. The ending of the entire case was that school desegregation was to be put in place -
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was an event in which 40,000 African American riders protested against the bus segregation laws by walking, taking taxis, or arranging carpools. The people involved in this event were; MLK Jr., Rosa Parks, J. Fred Blake, the NAACP, and the WPC. The outcome of the Montgomery Bus Boycott was that It had helped to significantly raise MLK Jr. onto a spotlight for civil rights movements, and in the process had ended bus segregation laws. -
Integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas
This was an event in which 9 African Americans were put into a former all-white school after they fought for permission to. The people involved were mainly the Little Rock Nine;Thelma Mothershed Wair, Minnijean Brown Trickey, Jefferson Thomas, Terrence Roberts, Carlotta Walls LaNier, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Ernest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, and Melba Pattillo Beals. The outcome of the integration of schools was that it started to begin the further protests of school segregation. -
Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-Ins
The Greensboro lunch counter Sit-ins was an event started by a group of 4 African American men in which they took seats in an all white lunch counter and refused to give up their seats and continued to do this day by day bringing more people every time. The people involved were; The Greensboro Four, the SNCC, and the NAACP. The outcome of the Lunch Counter Sit-Ins was that it begun to shows the peaceful protests and and freedom riders on a national stage. -
Birmingham Campaign
The Birmingham Campaign was a mass protest in which hundreds of people rose up against segregation laws while being beaten down in the process by dogs and hoses. The people involved in the Birmingham Campaign were; MLK Jr., Wyatt Tee Walker, and Fred Shuttlesworth and Bull Conner. The outcome of the Birmingham Campaign was that they brought down some segregation barriers in the city, but the more important part was that they had gotten the attention of upper echelons like JFK. -
March On Washington
The March On Washington was an event in which over 250,00 people marched to the Lincoln memorial to hear speeches from civil rights activists. The main speech was the I have a dream speech. The people involved were; protesters, MLK Jr., Roy Wilkins, John Lewis, and other civil rights activists. The (main) outcome of the March on Washington was that Martin Luther King Jr. was able to give his speech about racial discrimination in the nation. -
Freedom Summer
The event of freedom summer was a campaign set in Mississippi whose goal was to register as many African American Voters that they could, however they were met with violent backlash from people such as the KKK and local law enforcement. The people involved people were; The Freedom Riders, MLK Jr., The protesters, and Robert Moses. The outcome of Freedom Summer was that segregation was banned along with employment segregation -
Bloody Sunday
The event of Bloody Sunday occurred when civil rights activist John lewis led 600 people to Selma, Alabama. When they got to the border however they were assaulted by State Troopers. Their original purpose for the march was to protest against African American voting The main people involved in this one were; John Lewis, The 600 Protesters, And The State Troopers. The outcome of the Bloody Sunday was that the Voting Rights Act was passed and allowed African Americans to vote.
