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Jackie robinson
First black man to play baseball. -
Emmett till
He was killed for flirting with a white woman. He was 14 years old when he died. This lead to the montgomery bus boycotts because they were telling people that they were tired of being treated this way. -
montgomery bus boycott
It is when the black people in alabama stopped riding the buses. -
little rock crisis
It is when 9 black kids when to a all white school. This was to follow after Brown Vs. brown. -
sit-ins
This is when a few black people sat at a white dinner counter. This was fueled by the little rock. -
freedom riders
A group of people that rode a bus to the south for a non- violent protest. this lead to the sit-ins because it was the first group to do non- violent protest. -
meredith and ol miss
It was a riot that was invalving students and federal and state forces. This was a result of the Brown Vs Board. -
civli right protest in birmingham
It showed the white people that the black people wanted change. It connected to little rock, Brown Vs. board, and ol miss -
march on washington
200,000 Americans gathered in Washing D.C for equal jobs and freedom. this connects to the bus boycotts because it gave blacks power to get what they wanted. -
Birmingham Church Bombing
It is when a few white men put bombs in a church and killed 4 little girls. This lead to the march on washington because it put people over the edge and they were tired of people dying. -
Freedom summer project
It is when we tried to get as many blacks to vote as possible. Many were killed during this. -
Civil Rights Act
This is a Act that give whites and blacks equal rights. -
voting rights act
It was an act that allowed black people to vote without a test. This was lead to the civil rights act because it was a little win for blacks. -
selma march
It shined light on the racial injustice on blacks in the south and it was following the protests in birmingham.
