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Brown v. Board of Education
The reason why this case went to the Supreme Court was because of the integration was issued into schools. After this was in the news a lot of white neighborhoods people refused to go to school because of integrate. White people were not okay with this at all. Black people just wanted a bright future in life to be successful. At the end of the day Olivia Brown had won the case instead of the Board of Education of Topeka. -
Baton Rouge Bus Boycott
A lot of the people who lived in the area were included into this boycott. The reason why they were doing this was because they wanted integration and not being separated. That generation was beyond the most racist, disrespecting generation of white people ever. -
Emmit Till
He was killed by being lynched at the age 14 year. The lady lied to get him killed. She admits this only decade after his death. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa was arrested on this date because she wasn't going to give up her seat to a white man in Montgomery. This little incident had sparked the bus boycotts. The Montgomery boycotts had lasted about 11 months. Soon after this they allowed the blacks to sit anywhere on the bus. The bus business was horrible without the black people taking the bus anymore. -
Little Rock Nine
The white people were protesting out front of the schools. Parents and kids were all throwing things at the kids that were walking to the schools. The protest was so violent that the military had to come out to protect the black people. This was one of the results of the ‘Brown v. Board of Education’ case. -
Freedom Riders
The Freedom Riders were civil right activists. They were very brave to have destinations to go to racist southern areas to see what they would do. There weren’t just black people into this there were white people too . Especially in areas where the KKK were well known in. The Freedom Riders have a plaque in Birmingham because of what they did on May 14, 1961. -
Birmingham Campaign
The ‘Birmingham Campaign’ was also known as the Birmingham Movement. This was organized by Southern Christian Leadership Conference . MLK said Birmingham, Alabama was probably the most segregated state in the U.S. Alabama banned the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1956. The goal of the campaign included desegregation of the city as a whole, fair hiring payment, reopening the public parks, and so the desegregation of the schools. -
Letter from Birmingham
This letter was written by the one and only Martin Luther King Jr. The letter was written on April 16, 1963. Mr. King said racial segregation should be fought in the courts and not the streets. He was arrested because the policemen asked him to not march into the area, he said he was going to march anyway. So they held him in jail until the marching session was over. -
March on Washington
The march was held in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday August 28, 1963. Over 300,000 people had came to show support to what MLK had to say on national television. This march was known as ‘March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom’. This was organized by Asa Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin. -
24th Amendment
This states that the states can’t put too much on the poll tax. In other areas it might cost last more than others. The black people were not okay with this at all. Virginia was the main problem of this. Behind Virginia was Georgia. -
Malcolm X’s Assassination
His assassination happened in Washington Heights, New York City, NY. The person who had killed him was a man named Talmadge X Hayer. He was only in his early 20s. This man was with The Nation of Islam. But The Nation Islam claims repeatedly they have no involvement with his death. -
Selma March
Martin Luther King Jr. organized this march. People had protested from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery. People also called this ‘Bloody Sunday’. The march was caused because of the failed attempt to let black people to vote. In the action of this Bloody Sunday Jimmie Lee Jackson was killed in the , in the midst of this. -
Executive Order 11246
The Executive Order 11246 was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on September 24th, 1965. This order had made requirements for non-discriminatory practices in hiring and employment on the part of U.S. government contractors. Which mean it doesn't matter of what race, religion, or national origin you are you have to get the equal right to get a job. This Executive Order required the businesses it covered to maintain and furnish documentation of hiring and employment practices upon request. -
Black Panther
Black Panthers was originally Black Panther for Self-Defence. They had 10 goals to what they wanted to do. When this started there were only 6 people here. Next then you know they wanted to get violent. -
MLK’s Assassination
MLK was a civil right activist leader. He was shot in a motel in Memphis. He was taken to the hospital where he was found dead at that evening. He was killed by a white person. He was killed by James Earl Ray.