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Brown v, Topeka Board of Education
The Brown v. Topeka Board of Education was a landmark of the United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared that 'seperate but equal' public schools for blacks and whites were unconstitutional. This unanimous decision that was made on May 17, 1954, ended federal tolerance of racial seggregation. This also made great paths toward opening the door for eduaction to all students. -
Murder of Emmett Till
Emmet Till an Arifican American boy from Chicago,Illionis who was murdered at the age of fourteen in Money,Mississippi after he reportedly flirted with a white cashier at a grocery store. The murder of Emmett Till opened Americans eyes to the racial hatred that troubled thier country. This helped spark a massive protest movement for racial equality and justice. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Untied States civil rights movement, that set political and social protest campgain against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system in Montgomery,Alabama. It started with Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, who refused to give out her seat to a white person. This led to a United States Supreme Court decision declaring laws to segregrate buses to be unconstitutional. -
Little Rock Crisis
A group of nine African-American students enrolled in Little Central High School, Little Rock Crisis was due to Governor Faubus sending the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the nine African-American students from entering Little Rock Central High School. However, Eisenhower sent in the U.S parattoopers to let the students attend class. This became important for the Civil rights by the racial discrimination and state's rights. -
Greensboro (NC) sit-in
A non-viloent protest by young Afircan American students at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro,North Carolina, sparked a sit-in movement that soon spread to college towns throughtout the region. These actions led to thecreation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Comittee (SNCC). The SNCC served as one fo the leading forces in the civil rights movement by trying to change the racist and discriminatory polices. -
Freedom Riders
A group of Afircan-American civil rights activist who rodeo a series of interstate bus trips into the segregated Southern United States to protest segregation. Over a period of time, African American Freedom Riders tried the use of "white people restroom". As a result this made tremendous violence from white protestors. These actions drew an international attention leading to the Interstate Commerce Commission issuing regulations prohibiting segregation in the bus and train stations. -
March of Washington
About 250,000 people walked from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial, where they listened to speeches from different representatives. The last speaker was Martin Luther King Jr., delivering his memorable "I Have a Dream" speech. This was important because it demanded civil and econmic rights to African-Americans as well as and end for racism. -
16th streetbombing (Birmingham,Al)
On Sunday at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham , Alabama was bombed as an act of racial motivated terrorism. As a result, the African-American church, four girls died. In addition, the bombin makred a turning point in the United States1960s Civil Rights. This helped increase support behind the continuing struggle to end seggregation that lead to the passage of the Civil Rights of 1964 -
Civil Right of 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson passes the Civil Rights Act of1964 endng public disrimination of black people and other minorities.As a result this essentially marked a huge step politically in the Civil Rights Era by allowing blacks to interact with white people without any conflict and finally called an end to segregation. -
Voting Rights Act
President Lydon B. Johnson passed the Voting Rights Act aimed to overcome leal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented Sfrican Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment (1870) to the Constituiton of the United States.The Voting Rights Act banned discriminatory literacy test and expanded voting rights for non-English speaking Americans.
