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Brown V. Board of Education
Landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justice ruled unanimously that racial segergation of children in public schools was unconstitutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Civil rights protest for which African Americans refused to ride city buses. First large-scale U.S. demonstration against segergation. Rosa Parks was arrested 4 days before because she would not get up on the bus and give her seat to a "white man". This protest lasted from December 5th 1955-December 20th 1956 -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
"On September 9, 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1957."My source states, "primarily a voting rights bill, was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875." -
Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple bombing
"The Temple, on Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Georgia, housed a Reform Jewish congregation." Culmination of an orchestrated terrorist campaign against southern Jews." This terrist attack was during the civil rights time but it was not meant for african americans,it was mean for Jews. -
New Orleans school desegregation crisis
This was " a 1960 crisis over desegregation in schools located in New Orleans." The text states, " it became apparent that there was a white boycott occurring at both schools. A black student involved in the desegregation, Ruby Bridges, became well-known. Her three black classmates Leona Tate, Tessie Prevost, and Gail Etienne also attended the previously all-white schools and all faced public humiliation, taunts, and racial slurs as they walked to school daily." -
Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders were "civil rights activist who rode interstate buses into the segergated parts of the southern U.S. to challenge the non-enforcement of the U.S.A. supreme court. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington was to "draw attention to continuing challenges and inequalities faced by African Americans a century after emancipation." For jobs and the inequalities african americans face daily. -
Freedom Summer
The Freedom Summer was " to attempt to register as many African-American voters as possible in Mississippi." This is another example of how african americans have fought for there rights. -
Selma to Montgomery marches
This was "three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery."The text states, "organized by nonviolent activists to demonstrate the desire of African-American citizens to exercise their constitutional right to vote." -
Watts Riot
The Watts Riot " referred to as the Watts Rebellion, took place in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles,"A "roadside argument broke out, and then escalated into a fight between family members and police.The community reacted in outrage to allegations of police brutality that soon spread"
