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The Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycutt was started with the arrest of Rosa Parks. This was when people refused to ride the bus to protest segregated seating on the busses. The boycott lasted 1 year. FUN FACT: Local car insurers stopped insuring cars that participated in the boycott's carpools -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
President Dwight D. Eisenhower passed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 on September 9, 1957. This act established the Civil Rights Division in the Justice Department. **FUN FACT: Several Southern senators, led by Democrat Richard B. Russell of Georgia, attempted to block the Civil Rights Act of 1957. ** -
The Little Rock 9
Daisy Bates recruited nine African-American high school students, the Little Rock 9, to enroll at Central High. The Little Rock 9 helped the desegregation of public schools in the South. FUN FACT: One of the most successful of the Little Rock Nine was Ernest Green who worked for President Jimmy Carter as the Assistant Secretary of Labor. -
The Sit-in Movement
African American college students walked up to a whites-only lunch counter. They asked for food and service was refused. But the students remained sitting at the counter and many other African Americans began doing this also. FUN FACT: Many of the protesters involved in sit-ins were arrested on various charges including disturbing the peace, trespassing, and disorderly conduct. -
The Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States. FUN FACT: The Freedom Riders were recruited by CORE -
James Meredith and the Desegregation of the University of Mississippi
James Meredith became the first African-American student admitted to the segregated University of Mississippi. His goal by applying was to put pressure on the Kennedy administration to enforce civil rights for African Americans. -
Protests in Birmingham
The Protests in Birmingham was a series of protests against racial segregation in Birmingham, Alabama. The Birmingham Campaign broke down some of the segregation in the twon. ***FUN FACT: -
The March on Washington
African Americans wanted an end to segregation and the Jim Crow laws in the south. They wanted to be treated fairly and to be given an equal chance at getting jobs. FUN FACT: There are stories of people who got to the March in unique ways including a man who roller skated from Chicago and another who bicycled from Ohio. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The CIvil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination, ended racial segregation, and protected the voting rights of minorities and women. President Johnson signed the bill into law on July 2, 1964. FUN FACT: Martin Luther King, Jr. attended the official signing-in of the law by President Johnson. -
The Selma March
Because people wanted to register black voters in the Couth, people attempted to March from Selma to Montgomery. However, they were met by angry mobs trying to stop them. They finallyachieved their goal and the Voting Rights Act was passed. FUN FACT: In Selma 40 years ago black people lived on a separate side of town than the white people. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This law was meant to insure that the right to vote was not denied any person because of race or color. It was passed by President Lyndon Johnson on August 6, 1965. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King was assasinated in Memphis, Tennessee where he was shot in the neck and was later rushed to the hospital. He was killled by James Earl Ray. After his assasination, many African Americans were outraged. FUN FACT: King was assassinated by the #277 man on the FBI's Most Wanted Fugitives list
