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plessy v. ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark in the US history because it addressed segregation. this was an iconic moment because it was under the doctrine of "Separate but equal". This affected the lives of not only African Americans but everyone. -
Brown v board of education
The U.S. Supreme Court delivered the unanimous ruling in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. State-sanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment and was then unconstitutional. -
murder of emmett till
Emmett till was an African american teenage boy who died at the age of 14. Emmett till was lynched for the accusation of flirting with a white woman. He then died in august 28 1955. -
Rosa parks and mongtomery bus boycott
Rosa Parks rode at the front of a Montgomery, Alabama, bus on the day the Supreme Court's ban on segregation of the city's buses took effect. A year earlier, she had been arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus. -
Founding of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) & Martin Luther King
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was created on January 10-11, 1957, when sixty black ministers and civil rights leaders met in Atlanta, Georgia in an effort to replicate the successful strategy and tactics of the recently concluded Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott. However these minsters and poeople were not only brought together to stop segregation but by religion as well. -
Little Rock Nine & Central High School
This incident was caused by nine african american students trying to enroll in a high school however, they were prevented from entering and this cause a stir and was hear all throughout America. President Eisenhower heard of the indecent ant took matter into his own hands. He threaten Orval Faubus, Governor of Arkansas that if he did not let those studdents enrool he will send military. in the end the students enrolled however out of the nine only one graduated due to harassment. -
greensbro sit in
The greensbro sit in was a series of non violent movements done by African Americans. This was soo iconic for the simple reason of making a way for racial segregation to stop while not using violence. Many African Americans got hurt in the process however they were the ones that got sent to jail for protesting in a non color area. -
Freedom riders
a group of 13 African-American and white civil rights activists launched the Freedom Rides. They made a series of bus trips through the South to protest segregation in interstate bus terminals. Many got hurt in the process with angry whites angrily ambushing them. -
march on Washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963. Attended by some 250,000 people, it was the largest demonstration ever seen in the nation's capital, and one of the first to have extensive television coverage. This was iconic because it got the respect's of many white people because it was done in a calm and civil manner. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) & Freedom Summer
The Freedom Summer, comprised of black Mississippians and more than 1,000 out-of-state, predominately white volunteers, faced constant abuse and harassment from Mississippi’s white population. This harrasment was done by from racist and the kk. and as you can see in the title this involved many students and civil rights groups the main objective of this was to expand voting for blacks. -
Civil rights acts (1964)
The civil rights act was movement made by many African Americans and people.This act made racial, religious, and sex discrimination by employers illegal and gave the government the power to enforce all laws governing civil rights, including desegregation of schools and public places. -
death of malcom x
Malcom x was an civil rights activist who was portrayed as a threat to white people. Malcolm x believed in self defense not violence. Malcom x got in trouble with the law countess of times for standing in what he believed in. He was then shot to death in February 21, 1965. -
voting rights act (1965)
This act was signed into law on August 6, 1965, by President Lyndon Johnson. It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting. This act avoided racial discrimination in voting while allowing African Americans to have a voice. -
assasenation of MLK
Martin luther king was a civil rights activist who supported equal rights and equality. The reason MLK is more respected than fellow friend malcm x is because he believed that no matter how rough it gets, no violence should be involved. Sadly MLK was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. -
