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Emmett Louis Till
Emmett Louis Till was a 14 year old African American boy who was brutally murdered by two racist men for a simple remark that he said due to a dare. This incedent was important to African Americans because it motivated them to really enforce the civil rights movement. -
Little Rock Nine
On September 1957 president eisenhower called 1,000 troops to accompany nine group of African American Central high school students were one of the first to desegragate schools in the south. The event was essential to African Americans becuase it was a first step to desegregation of schools and this would allow African Americans to get a good education. -
Mack Charles Parker
Mack Charles Parker was a 23 year old African American man was accused of raping a pregnant white woman and was sent to jail and after 10 days he was lynched by a mob. This occurrence was important to African Americans because it made them understand how awful and unfair whites were beign and that they should do something about it. -
Freedom Riders
The Freedom Riders were a group of college students who went to several southern states to test segregation however they were beaten for this by mobs but later on recevied guards to protect them. The Freedom Riders were important to African American's lives because they were the ones who were the cause of desegregated facilities. -
William Lewis Moore
William Moore was a member of the Congress of Racial Equality who began a lone protest to stand against racial segregation and was murdered for it. This event is crutial to African American's because it was another effort from someone to get rights for African Americans which cost them their lives. -
Birmingham Incedent
In Birmingham, Alabama children who were marching for their rights were attacked by policemen and attck dogs they were also sprayed with fire hoses which left them with injuries. This incedent is important to African Americans because it showed them that this is how bad it was in Birmingham, Alabama and that they should bond together and stand up for their rights. -
Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers was an African American field agent for the NAACP in mississippi who was murdered by Byron De La Beckwith. His death was important to African Americans because it became an important symbol of the civil rights movement which was essential to blacks lives. -
Baptist Church Bombing
Four girls were bombed in a 16th street baptist church by 4 members of the KKK in Birmingham, Alabama. This incedent is essential to African Americans because it showed them how bad things were down south in Alabama. -
Abuction of Civil Rights Workers
A African American man named James Chaney, and two white men named Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner were murdered in Philadelphia by KKK members for trying to get black voters registered. This event that took place was important to black people because it affected their voting rights which would eventually affect their enviroment. -
Jimmie Lee Jackson
While on a non-violent protest Jimmie Jackson was murdered by state trooper James Bonard Fowler. This crime that took place in alabama was important to African American because it made them realize that they had to stand up to these types of injustice. -
The Assassination of MLK
On April 1968 Dr. Martin Luther King who was a civil rights activist was assasinated by James Earl Ray. The death on MLK was important to African Americans because it was a sign for them to continue what he had started which was getting rights for African Americans.
