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Plessy v. Ferguson
There was a law that separated blacks and whites in railway cars. Plessy was 7/8 white and 1/8 black, but being that he had black in him, he was considered black so when he took a seat in one of the “white railway cars” and they tried to move him, he refused. -
Brown v. Board of Education
African American parents tried to enlist their children in their neighborhoods but were rejected because of their race, and were forced to go to one of the four schools that were for them. The parents later sued, but lost the case. But this case later on ended legal segregation in public schools. -
Murder of Emmett Till
Emmett Till was a 14 year old boy who was accused of flirting with a white woman. He was beaten, and shot to death by two white men. This was an important event because it showed the truth about the Jim Crow laws. -
Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Blacks were not allowed to sit in the front of the buses, so when Rosa Parks sat in the first row for the “colored people” she was sked to move back in order for white people to sit because there was no room. She refused to move and even accepted th4e fact that she may be arrested. The Montgomery bus boycott was a protest that ended with the decision that segregation on public buses is constitutional. -
Founding of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) & Martin Luther King
this was made trying to replicate the strategy of the Alabama bus boycott. They chose MLK as their first president and after his death they continued to win in voter registration and protest in the south. -
Little Rock Nine & Central High School
nine African American students enrolled in an all-white high school. They were not allowed into the school and later in the month, President Eisenhower sent in troops to escort the students into the school so they could attend their full day of school. This was important because it let segregation in schools end. -
Greensboro Sit-In
these were nonviolent protests that led to stores removing its policy of racial segregation in the south. These protest were the most efficacious and simplest protests in the civil rights movement. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) & Freedom Summer
a group of black students went to a lunch counter where they were denied service, but refused to leave, this encouraged other students to also have a sit in lunch. Then the SNCC was created to organize these sit ins. This event was important because it marked a change in the vision we have on those African Americans who fought for what they belied in. -
Freedom Ride/Freedom Riders
the freedom riders were civil activists who rode to the south to test the Supreme Court’s ruling in Boynton v. Virginia, where they declared segregation in interstate bus and rail stations unconstitutional. The protests spread across the south and later there were rules issues prohibiting segregation transportation facilities. -
Civil Rights Act
it was an act to enforce the right to vote. It was important because it prohibited the discrimination in public places. -
Assassination of Malcolm X
Malcom X was a huge influence in the civil rights movement. He founded the organization of Afro-American Unity, which promoted that racism was the one against African Americans. He was killed while speaking in one of his rallies for his organization. -
March on Washington
this march was because people were asking for jobs and freedom. It pressured the administrator to initiate a civil rights bill. -
Voting Rights Act
it was aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state that prevented African Americans from using their vote. They banned the literacy test, and provided for federal oversight of voter registration. -
Assassination of MLK
He was shot while standing outside his hotel room. His assassination helped widen the problems between white and blacks, as blacks saw that their claims were being ignored.
