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Brown VS Board Education
The Supreme Court rules on the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, unanimously, (completely), agreeing that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. The ruling paves the way for large-scale desegregation.
The decision overturned the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson ruling that ruled that blacks and whites are "separate but equal." -
Rosa parks arrest
Rosa Parks was told to move her seat on the bus for a white man and she refused then after she was arrested. -
Little Rock
15 year old elizabeth Eckford enrolls in a school that has been segregated. Nine african american students enrolled in Central High School and faced many angry mobs. The government protected them with military force through school. -
civil right act of 1957
President Eisenhower passed this act which had to do with equal voting rights. Many African and american were registered to vote after this was passed. -
Freedom Riders
The freedom Riders were a group of african americans that rode busses down south in hope of desegregating the busses. Most of the time it got violent. A group called (CORE) helped them get this movement started. The groups were mostly african american -
James Meredith enrolls at ole miss
He enrolled into the University of Mississippi and was shortly rem oven when his race was discovered.
To protect James the sent in armed forces. -
Medgar Evers assassination
Medgar Evers was a black civil rights activist.
he worked on overturning civil rights and gaining social rights. -
The March on Washington
it was a march for freedom and jobs. and that day their was a famous speech "I Had a Dream". -
Civil Rights act of 1964
Lyndon Johnson signed the bill that banned segregation in public places and employee discrimination. -
March of Selma
Martin Luther King led thousands of nonviolent demonstrators to the steps of the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama after a 5-day 54-mile March. FBI agents were on hand to provide safe passage. and the outcome was black men guaranteed the right to vote -
Thurgood Marshall first black supreme court justice
when he was younger all he did was sit around and read law books.
I think that the first black in the supreme court is a huge step for the blacks. -
MLK´s assassination
He was walking up to his motel room and was shot. it changed some peoples thinking and made them think again about what's going on -
MLK's Speech Marks Beginning of Bus Boycotts
In a speech, King explains why the boycotts must continue. There comes a time. he says, "that people get tired. We are here this evening to say to those who have mistreated us for so long, that we are tired, tired of being segregated and humiliated, tired of being kicked about by the brutal feet of oppression."
