Civil Rights Movement

By cesobolewski
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    Civil Rights Movement

  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

    Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

    Court case decided that "seperate but equal" schooling was unconstitutional. What was seperate was "inherently unequal"
  • US Supreme Court order desegregation of schools

    US Supreme Court order desegregation of schools

    All schools should be desegregated with deliberate speed.
  • Murder of Emmett Till

    Murder of Emmett Till

    Brutally murdered because he allegedly was flirting with a white female cashier.
  • Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on the bus

    Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on the bus

    This sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott were blacks refused to ride any public transportation until they changed the rules.
  • US Supreme Courts declared segregated buses in Montgomery and Alabama to be unconstitutional.

    US Supreme Courts declared segregated buses in Montgomery and Alabama to be unconstitutional.

  • Eisenhower sends army to ensure the integration of Little Rock's Central High School

    Eisenhower sends army to ensure the integration of Little Rock's Central High School

  • Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was formed

    Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was formed

    This group was inspired by the sit-ins in Greensboro, NC
  • Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested in Birmingham, AL

    Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested in Birmingham, AL

    Writes "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"
  • Eugene "Bull" Conner uses Fire hoses and police dogs on young marchers in Birmingham

    Eugene "Bull" Conner uses Fire hoses and police dogs on young marchers in Birmingham

    The nation was outraged. Birmingham campaign succeeds
  • March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

    March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964 passes by Congress

    Civil Rights Act of 1964 passes by Congress

    Deemed unconstitutional to segregate any public place (i.e. hotels and movie theaters)
  • "Bloody Sunday" in Selma, AL

    "Bloody Sunday" in Selma, AL

    600 people were attacked with billy clubs and tear gas while attempting to march to Montegomery for black suffarge.
  • Lyndon B. Johnson signs Voting Rights Act

    Lyndon B. Johnson signs Voting Rights Act

    This made poll taxes unconstitutional. This give blacks (and poor whites a better chance to vote.
  • Watts riot begins in Los Angles

    Watts riot begins in Los Angles

  • March Against Fear

    March Against Fear

    March from Memphis, TN to Jackson, MS against racism.Term "Black Power" emerges.
  • Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated

    Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated