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Brown vs Board of education
The civil rights were on its way in 1954. The court case of Brown vs Board of education reversed the Plessy vs Ferguson case. In which this court declared that the state laws established separate public schools for African American and whites unconstitutional. -
Emmett TIll
A young African American was murdered for “flirting” with a white girl, his body was transported back home. In which black organizations tried showing the world the harsh segregation of American society. The men responsible of his death was found not guilty, Bryant and Milam were acquitted however admitted that they killed him months later after their double jeopardy. -
Montgomery, Alabama
The Montgomery bus boycott started because a woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on the bus. After this event African Americans decided not to take the public bus and boycott. This boycott lasted from December 1, 1955 to December 20, 1956 -
Little Rock Nine
The little rock nine event at Central High School was the result of the of Brown vs Board of education and desegregating schools. Governor Faubus didn't want the nine African American students to attend his school so he sent the National Guard to keep them out of the school. Presient Eisenhower sent the 101st Airborne to escort the students into the school. -
Greensboro Four
The Greensboro Four were four college students who did a sit-in at a woolsworth lunch counter and refused to leave until the store closed. By July 25, 1960 they got the store to change their policies to serve blacks and whites at the lunch counter. -
Birmingham, Alabama
In the 1960's Birmingham, Alabama was the most segregated and violent place for blacks. It was nicknamed "bombingham" because the amount of bombings on African Americans houses. This city is where the famous pictures of firemen using hoses to spray down African Americans and policemen using dogs and beating down the protestors. These orders were called from police chief Eugene "Bull" Connor. -
Eugene Bull Connor
During the SCLC Birmingham campaign of 1963, Connor directed the use of fire hoses and police dogs on the peaceful non violent protestors. His actions were recorded and also shown to the world this contributed of the civil rights act of 1964. -
Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers was a NAACP field secretary in Mississippi. Evers was killed by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith after coming home to his house from a NAACP meeting. Byron De La Beckwith was set free after 2 trials but was tried again in 1994 and found guilty and sentenced to life. -
March on Washington
The march on Washington was one of the biggest marches in Civil Rights history. Over 200,000 protestors marched in Washington. The march was for civil and economic rights for African Americans. -
Freedom Summer
The Freedom Summer was an action in order to attempt to register as many African American voters in Mississippi, which was a state the excluded blacks to vote. However, many freedom schools were intact to in order to aid African Americans and to help their literacy. -
Three Civil Workers Murdered
A part of the freedom summer action to aid blacks, three young men went missing and found weeks later dead a part of a killing of the KKK. This outraged the community and public, and was a factor in which the civil rights act took place. -
Martin Luther KIng assasination
King led a march to the city hall on March 28th and then remained in Memphis to speak at a rally on the third of April. However, the next day James Earl Ray, shot king at his motel with a sniper and killed him. The assassination led to a nationwide of riots however Robert F. Kennedy gave a speech about his death to continue with his nonviolent actions for rights which was what King would want to happen.
