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Vince Francis Protest Timeline(1954- 1965)
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Brown v. Board of Education
Brownv.Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas 1954 Supreme Court case in which racial segregation in public schools was outlawed (p. 931) -
Montgomery bus boycott
Montgomery bus boycott Protest in 1955–1956 by African Americans against racial segregation in the bus system of Montgomery, Alabama (p. 933) -
Woolworth's sit- in
On Feb. 1, 1960, four students from all-black North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College walked into a Woolworth five-and-dime with the intention of ordering lunch. -
Freedom Rides
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists that rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States to test the United States Supreme Court decision Boynton v. Virginia (of 1960).[1] The first Freedom Ride left Washington, D.C., on May 4, 1961, and was scheduled to arrive in New Orleans on May 17.[ -
Birmingham Children's March and boycott
March by hundreds of school students in Birmingham, Alabama, on May 2, May 3, and May 4, 1963, during the American Civil Rights Movement's Birmingham Campaign. Initiated and organized by Rev. James Bevel, the purpose of the march was to walk downtown to talk to the mayor about segregation in their city. Many children left their schools in order to be arrested, set free, and then to get arrested again the next day. -
March on Washington
March on Washington 1963 civil rights demonstration in Washington, D.C., in which protesters called for “jobs and freedom” (p. 949) -
Selma to Montgomery March
The first march took place on March 7, 1965 — "Bloody Sunday" — when 600 civil rights marchers were attacked by state and local police with billy clubs and tear gas. The second march took place on March 9. Only the third march, which began on March 21 and lasted five days, made it to Montgomery, 51 miles (82 km) away.
