-
NAACP Was Founded
NAACP was founded because of the discrimination against black Americans. -
Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers
He was the first African American to join the MLB. -
Brown v. Board of Education
It was a court case that said segregation in schools was unconstitutional. This over turned the "separate but equal" quote. -
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man
Rosa Parks refused to go by the laws of segregation and give her seat up to a white man so she was arrested. -
Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1957
The Civil Rights Act gave the African Americans their right to vote. -
Desegregation of Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas
Nine black students were enrolled in a white school and they were treated poorly. -
Sit-in at Woolworth’s lunch counter
A protest where African Americans refused to leave a diner until they were served their food. -
CORE “freedom ride”
African Americans flew to New Orleans to test the government's willingness. -
March on Washington
To gain the right of African Americans. -
Dr. King was thrown into Birmingham Jail
He led the march and sent a letter which caused him to go to jail. -
Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964
This outlawed discrimination in public places. -
Voting Rights Act
It prohibited discrimination in voting. -
“Bloody Sunday”
The people who were attacked on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. -
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated
He was shot on a balcony in Tennesse.