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Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. B.O.E. started in Topeka, Kansas and it began in Dec. 9, 1952 till May 17, 1954 with Oliver Brown and his daughter Linda Brown, the NAACP and segregationist. The case was a landmark legal battle that led to supreme court ruling racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. -
Murder/Death of Emmet Till
Till was kidnapped, beat, shot, and tied with a piece of a metal fan around his neck after he had whistled to a white woman, Carolyn Bryant. Her husband, Roy with his half brother, J. W. Milan found the boy to lynch him for offending Carolyn. -
Rosa Park and The Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks was arrested on 12/1/1955 for refusing to move to the back of the bus to let a man (white) to sit where she sat, soon after she was arrested many blacks began to refuse riding the bus due to their outrage and soon after they completely boycotted the buses leading them having a nearly 100% boycotting rate of blacks on buses. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was an organization linked to the black churches. 60 Black minister were pivotal in organizing civil right activism. MLK Jr. was elected president. They focused its non-violent strategy on citizenship, schools and efforts to desegregate individuals cities. It played crucial roles in the Selma Voting Rights Campaign and March to Montgomery in 1965 -
Little Rock 9
9 black students were to attend the Little Rock Central High school, to allow integration. The students were harassed daily and parents refused by standing outside and trying to block entrances or by calling them names. Soon after beginning, the students were given National guardsmen to accompany them to protect them for physical harassment. -
Greenbroro sit-ins
Non-violent protest that were carried out by black men and woman who would sit at the counters of the Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensbroro and were subjected to violent outburst, words, as well as violent fights. -
Ruby Bridges
A singular African American girl was to integrate into an all white elementary school. The six year old girl was to integrate into the southern school of William Frantz elementary, in New Orleans. She was harassed daily as well as constantly set back by outraged parents and students who refused to her entry at times. -
Freedom Riders
13 civil rights activist were to ride a bus to cities to other cities together and fight racial divides in southern states, but were attacked by the KKK on their way to another city with fire bombs. -
Civil Rights Act (1964)
President was to sign a Civil Rights Act In front of an audience with many people as well as Martin Luther King Jr. in attendance. The act was to help stop racial, religion, and origin discrimination in the country. -
The March on Washington
The March on Washington was a civil rights event where thousands of people gathered to listen to the "I have a dream" speech from Martin Luther King Jr. as well as to fight against the racial divide, as many black and white, as well as other races met up to listen to the speech. -
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Malcolm X was an influential person in the Muslim and Black community and was seen as a danger to certain people due to his power. He was assassinated by a man wielding a shotgun at a conference. -
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday was the March form Selma to Montgomery. The marchers were attacked by the police with tear gas, as well as hit by batons and shot at with bean bag rounds/rubber rounds -
Voting Rights Act (1965)
Lyndon B. Johnson was to sign a Voting Rights Bill to Congress. It was to ride of the voting discrimination as well as ridding the poll tax. -
The Assassination of Martin Luther Kind Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. By James Earl Ray with a rifle