-
13th Ammendment
It simply said that slavery was against the law. It gave african americans the same rights as the whites. It was actually when Lincoln abolished slavery. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
-
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks Got On The Bus After A Long Day Of Work. When A White Man Got On The Bus After Her, He Told Her To Move. She Refused To Get Up Because She Was Tired & Didn ' t Think It Was Fair That She Was Told To Get Up. Because She Refused to Get Up, She Was Arrested! Word Got Out About This & More Bus Boycotts Started To Take Place. -
Congress Of Racial Equality (CORE)
-
Brown vs Board Of Education Of Topeka, Kansas
-
Motgomery Bus Boycotts
Rosa Parks Started Bus Boycotts & Word Got Out About What She Had Done. Then, African Americans Just Completely Stopped Riding The Busses. The Day That The Boycotts Ended, The Bussses Became De-Segregated. -
Southern Chrsitian Leadership Conference
-
Little Rock Nine
They Were A Group Of Students Enrolled In Little Rock Highschool in 1957. This Highschool Was Originally An All White School, So Not Alot Of Whites Liked This Idea Of Having African Americans In The School. This Caused A Very Big Scene. The 101st Airborne Division Had To Escort These Students Into The Building To Ensure Their Safety. This Was A Big Part Of The Civil Rights Movement! -
Student Non-violent Coordinating Comittee (SNCC)
-
Greensboro Sit-ins
They Were A Way Of Protesting Non-Violently. They Started To End Racial Segregation So That Blacks Could Eat At The Same Place As The White People. It Started Out As 4 People, And Within 4 Days It Grew To 600 People! -
Freedom Riders
-
James Meredith & Ole Miss
-
The Death Of Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers Was Assasinated By Byron De La Beckwith . He Was Buried WIth Full Millitary Honors At Arlington National Cemetery . -
March On Washington DC
The March On Washington Was Where Martin Luther King Jr. Gave His Famous "I Have A Dream" Speech. This March Was Held For Jobs & Freedom Of The African Americans. -
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing
Four Little Girls Were Murdered By This Bombing. Their Names Were Addie, Cynthia, Carole, And Denise. The Church Was Bombed By Robert Chambliss, Herman Cash, Thomas Blanton and Bobby Cherry. They Were Members Of The KKK. There Were Also 22 Innocent People Injured. -
Civil Rights Act Of 1964
The Civil Rights Act Of 1964 Said That Major Forms Of Segregation Were Not Allowed Anymore. Segregation Including Race, Ethnicity, & Women. It Ended Unequal Acts In Schools & At Work. -
The Voting Rights Act
-
Selma To The Motgomery March
There Were 3 Seperate 'Selma To Motgomery Marches'. The First One Happened On March 7, 1965. The Second March Took Place On March 9, 1965. The Third & Final March Took Place On March 16, 1965. -
The Black Panther Party
It Was An Organization Of African Americans That Protected Black Neighborhoods From Police Violoence. Pretty Much, They Fought Back The Police Because The Police Weren ' t Being Fair To Them! -
Thurgood Marshall & The Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall Was The First African American In The U.S, Supreme Court Justice. He Served From October 1967 To October 1991. -
MLK Assasination
Martin Luther King Jr Was Assasinated At The Lorraine Motel In Memphis Tennesee. He Was Shot By James Earl Ray.
