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Brown Vs. Board of Education Topeka
After Linda Brown was denied admission to a segregated school because of her skin color. Her father went to the supreme court where eventually a law passed allowing blacks to go to white schools. -
Emmett Till's Murder
Emmett Till, a 14 year old boy was visiting relatives when he was taken from his great uncle's house during the night. He was beaten, shot in the head and thrown into the Tallahatchie River. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was arressted for not giving up her seat in the front of the bus and refusing to move to the back. -
The Southen Christian Leadership Conference
Following the victoriy of the Bus Boycott, Dr. King invited 60 black ministers and leaders to the Ebenezer Church in Atlanta. Their goal was to form an organization to support nonviolent actions. Their method was desegregating bus systems across the South. -
Little Rock School Integration
The Governer of Arkansas did not agree with the desegergation of schools, so him and a huge white mob gathered infront of a high school to prevent 9 black children from attending. In response President Eisenhower sent the federal troops to protect the black students -
Woolworth's Sit-in
A nonviolent protest that African -American's started sittng in resturants, to start the process of desegeragating public places. -
Freedom Riders
Civil Rights Activist who rode interstate buses into segregated southern United States, to challenge the non-enforcement of the Supreme Court descions which ruled that segregated public buses were unconstitutional. -
James Meredith, University of Mississippi
James Meredith became the first African-American to attend the University of Mississippi after being prevented to admit many times. His enrollment sparked riots within the campus and the U.S Marshells had to intervene. -
Martin Luther King Arrest
Martin Luther King was arrested and sent to jail for violating Alabama’s law against mass public demonstration. King was protesting again the treatment of blacks. While King was in jail, he wrote a letter to the newspaper explaining why hes was in jail. -
Alabama Protest "Fire Hoses"
Students gathered around churches chanting, After realizing the jails were full, Commissioner of Public Safety, Eugene "Bull" Connor, ordered the city's fire hoses to be set at a very high level. Police began to spray children with fire hoses who would not move. -
"March on Washington"
One of the largest political rallies for Human Rights and called for CIvil and Economic rights for African-Americans. It took place in Washington D.C where later M.L.K deliverd his famous "I have a Dream" speech. -
The 24th Amendment
The US ratified The 24th Admendment. Which prohibits any poll tax in elections for federal officials. -
Civil Rights Act 1964
Piece of civil rights legistlastion that was added to the United States Constitution the banned any major forms of discrimnation against race, ethincisty, and sex. -
Malcolm X Shot
Malcolm X Shot was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist. Disillusionment with Nation of Islam lead him to leave The Nation of Islam in March of 1964. Less than a year after leaving the Nation of Islam, he was assassinated by three members of the group. -
Voting Rights March "bloody Sunday"
Activist who tried to march from Salem, Alabama to Montgomary to protest the deniel of voting rights. The march was attacked by local police and white mobs cheering them on. The march turned into a burtal assualts. -
Voting Rights Act
The Voting Rights Act prohibits any state to deny any citizen of The United States the right to vote. Congress also intended the Act to outlaw the requiring of voters to pass literacy tests in order to register to vote. -
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Watts Riots
6 day riot that took place in Watts neighborhood in Los Angeles Californa. Resulted in 34 deaths, 1,032 injuries, 3,438 arrests, and over $40 million in property damage -
Formation of the Black Panthers
The Black Panthers believed that the non-violent campaign of Martin Luther King had failed. The Panthers were willing to use violence to get what they wanted in order to prove their point speaking out for all who were oppressed from whatever minority group. They four desires which was equality in education, housing, employment and civil rights. -
Stokely Carmichael - "Black Power"
Black Panther orginization was know as one of the most radical and violent black civil rights movements -
MLK Assassination
Martin Luther King Jr. was standing out on the balcony in front of his room in Tennessee when he was shot. After the death of MLK many blacks across the United States started massive riots in the streets out of rage. -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights act of 1968 provided equal housing opportunities reguardless of race, creed, or national origin. -
Democratic National Convention- "The whole world is Watch"
Activist who jammed into hotals, parks , and Lincoln park to protest against the war in Vietnam
