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Keys v. Carolina Coach
Sarah Keys was being told to give up her seat on a state-to-state charter bus because she was black and the other person was white. She refused to give up her seat on the bus because she thought everyone should be equal and not segregated just because someone else's skin color is different. not until 1955 did the court rule in Keys's favor in the case ruling that the Interstate Commerce Act forbids segregation. -
Emmett Till’s Murder- August 28, 1955
Emmett Till was murdered on August 28, 1955. He was a fourteen-year-old boy at the time when he was murdered. Till was accused of flirting and touching the store worker named Bryant. Several nights after the encounter between Bryant and Till, Bryant's husband and his half-brother went out to find Till and beat him and mutilated him before finally shooting him in the head. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This was a civil rights protest in Montgomery Alabama. This protest was conducted by African Americans protesting the seating arrangements on the city buses. The African Americans protested and refused to ride the city buses to Montgomery Alabama from December 5, 1955, to December 20, 1956. After the protesting for a little over a year the protesting would eventually be successful. -
Little Rock Nine Crisis
On September 4, 1957, nine African American high school students wanted to make a statement and attend an all-white school to desegrigate schools. The nine African American students made their way through a crowd that was shouting at the students and even throwing things at them because they wanted to attend an all-white school and wanted to have equal learning skills. Schools could be desegregated at the time as long as they were being taught the same subjects no matter the school conditions. -
Civil rights act
This act made voting equal among all U.S. citizens. It empowered the Justice Department and federal government prosecutors and allowed the federal government to obtain court injections against interference with the right to vote. This act was made so every U.S. citizen could have equal rights to vote in the election. -
Greensboro Sit-In
This was a series of non-violent protests held by African Americans from February to July 1960. These protests were held at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro NC. The reason why the African Americans were protesting at the lunch counter was due to them being denied service there because they were black. These protests would finally later lead Woolworth's lunch counter to drop its racial segregation policy. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act was made in 1964. This would make America more equal than it had ever been before. This act prohibited discrimination on the color of someone's skin, religion, sex, or national origin. -
Assassination of Malcolm X
Like Martin Luther King, Jr. Malcolm X was a very big civil rights activist. Being a major part of the civil rights protests and activists was very dangerous at this time due to the U.S. being so segregated. Malcolm X also condemned Elijah Muhammad's sexual relationships with several underage girls. At the time Muhammad was the leader of Islam and Islam sent death threats toward Malcolm X due to what he was saying about their leader. Later Malcolm X would be assassinated. -
March from Selma to Montgomery
Hundreds of people gathered in Selma, Alabama to march to the capital city of Montgomery. The people marched to ensure that African Americans could exercise their constitutional right to vote in the election and future elections. Due to this march, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was presented to Congress to give African Americans the right to vote in the elections. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the biggest civil rights activists during the 50's and 60's. He held many peaceful protests for the civil rights movement. One of Martin Luther King, Jr's. speech is his "I Have a Dream" speech this was one of the most well-known speeches in history and is still talked about to this day. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at a motel he was staying at and was standing on the second balcony. He was shot and died on April 4, 1968. -
Fair Housing Act
This act was made to make any and all living conditions equal no matter what color your skin was or your religion. This act was made to make sure everyone had the same opportunities to be considered for rental units. It also made purchasing property, housing loans, and property insurance equal for everyone who is a U.S. citizen. -
Swann vs. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Swann wanted to sue the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. He wanted to do this because he felt the school system was not integrating the schools with both black and white students. He felt like they didn't want to racially integrate their schools so he tried to sue the school system. The Supreme Court decided to pass a busing program to speed up the racial integration system. -
Hank Aaron’s Home Run Record
Hank Aaron was the first African American to break the home run record. Hank Aaron is one of the best MLB players to ever play the sport. He hit an astonishing 755 home runs in his career which is insane to even think about. The previous record was set by Babe Ruth in 1921 with a total of 714 home runs. The record was broken on April 8, 1974. -
Northern Violence over School Integration
The schools were slowly allowing blacks to go to school with white students but weren't fully allowing all black students to integrate into the all-white schools. The only way these schools were getting by with this was due to them actually allowing the black students to go to school with the white students but only a few at a time. After people got angry at the school systems for doing this they decided to take it to the Supreme Court to force all schools to integrate students all at once. -
University of California Regents vs. Bakke
The University of California was accused of using racial quotas. In the universities admission process was unconstitutional for them to do this. But since the use of affirmative action in the school to except more minority applicants was only constitutional in some circumstances. The Supreme Court ruled that using racial quotas was unconstitutional.