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Jackie Ronbinson
Jackie Robinson was the first African-American baseball player to play professionally in 1947. He was signed to the Dogdgers and was named Rookie of the Year in his first year of playing. By doing so, he broke social and racial barriers that encouraged The Civil Rights movement. -
Brown V. Topeka Board of Education
This was a Supreme Court Case that challenged the " seperate but equal" idea set up by the Plessy Vs Ferguson case. "Separate educational facilities are inherently unheaval". This also declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Dr.Martin L. King Jr led a boycott of city buses. After 11 months the Supreme Court ruled that segregation of public transportation was illegal. Many similar cases like this occured throughout the South to promote equality ,This was both a political and social protest which help continue the Civil Rights Movement -
Greensboro (NC) sit-in
This was a non violent protest in which 4 black students from the NC Agricultural and Technical College sat down in a restaurant where the lunch counter was for whites only. At the time, Greensboro was segragated so the sit in was to protest the segregation in public places which sparked sit-in movements all over the South. This movement socially changed the South's society, -
24th Amendment to the Constitution
This was the right of any US citizen to vote shall not be denied by reason of failure to pay any tax and gave vote to millions who were disqualified before because of poverty. The 24th amendment was passed January 23rd,1964. It was passed when LBJ was president and outlawed poll taxes. -
March on Washington
This was one of the largest political assemblies for human rights in U.S history and called for civil rights for African Americans. It took place in Washington D.C. MLK Jr delivered his historic "I Have s Dream" speech advocating racial harmony at the Lincoln memorial during the march. It served as a great social project. -
16th street bombing (Birmingham, Al)
On September 16, 1963 an bomb went off in a Baptist church killing four black girls.The bombing was an act of terrorism by a white man against an African American Church. Protesters and police clashed and drew national attention to the misery of obtaining civil rights for African Americans. Attention was all on Birmingham and all over Civil Rights. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act was signed by President Johnson which prohibited discrimination because of race, religion, national origin, or gender and gave all citizens a right to public accomodations that were established the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to enforce the law This also made the federal government responsible for finding instances of discrimination, and made illegal discrimination based on race, religion, ethinic orgin, or gender. -
Selma March
Also know as Bloody Sunday.Selma Sheriff led local police in a televised brutal attack on demonstrators. As a result, two northern white marchers were murdered and the outrage that came after helped Lyndon B. Johnson to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1965 -
MLK Assasination
MLK was the Leader of the African American Civil Rights Movement. Civil Right's leader Martin Luther King jr was assasinated in Memphis, Tennessee by James Earl Ray. This was an important event in the Civil Rights Era because MLK left his legacy to be carried out by his people to bulid a greater nation and an end to discrimination of any racial background.
