Civil rights

By LillianJJones
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    Creation of the Black Panthers

    A group with black nationalism and self defense in mind and very against police brutality

  • Creation of the NAACP

    people gathered to fight racism to protect poc

  • Scottsboro Boys

    9 black teenagers accused of raping 2 girls on a train

  • Brown vs. Board of Education

    separated children in public schools. ended in 1954

  • The Murder of Emmitt Till

    2 people in mississippi killed Emmett Till, a 14 year old black boy

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    started with rosa parks not getting up for a white person and no black people rode the bus which means they lost money and it was a big part of the Civil rights Movement

  • The Little Rock 9

    9 teenagers were the first to go to an all white school

  • Jackie Robinson Breaks the Color Barrier

    Jackie robinson was a civil rights activist and used his fame to make awareness

  • Ruby Bridges desegregate elementary school in New Orleans

    A 6 year old black girl went to an all white school and got yelled at and harrassed by many people.

  • Letter from a Birmingham Jail

    letter talking about being in charge of being peaceful for social justice.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    nobody of any race can be excluded in participation in federal financial issues

  • Assassination of Malcolm X

    civil rights activist Malcolm X got assassinated

  • Thurgood Marshall Named Supreme Court Justice

    first black person to serve in supreme court

  • Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Martin Luther King was assassinated on a balcony in Memphis tennessee

  • Election of Barack Obama

    first black president