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Plessy v. Ferguson
This is the court that certified "separated but equal". This allowed blacks to still be segregated from whites,as long as both parties are "equal". The ease allowed for tension in the future, and eventually overturned by Brown vs Board Education case. -
Brown v. Board of Education
This is a case where African Americans were being prohibited from attending "white" schools, while calling it "separate but equal". The final say was that separate but equal was unconstitutional. This led to raising conflict between whites and blacks. -
Murder of Emmett Till
A 14 year old, black boy was murdered at the expense of a white woman. She said she was offended by his presence, so he got lynched. The significance in this is that it brought attention, from everywhere, and forced people to focus on African american civil rights. -
Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white person, so she was fined in court, and this led to a boycott. Blacks all around the Montgomery refused to ride the buses, which was taking money from the transportation system since blacks were the main ones riding the buses. Eventually it was ruled that segregation on buses was unconstitutional. -
Founding of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) & Martin Luther King
The purpose of this to end segregation and discrimination towards blacks. MLK was the first president, and the SCLC aimed for many peaceful protests. The significance of this is that the SCLC won in the voter registration and continued to push for southern protest. -
Little Rock Nine & Central High School
These were 9 black student who tried to go into a all-white school but were told they couldn't attend that school. It was clear that segregation was still in place, so the president allowed federal troops to escort the students into school. Though there was distaste about African Americans going to that school, this made progress towards the elimination of segregation. -
Greensboro Sit-In
Influenced by the non-violent acts of Gandhi, 4 men peacefully protested against segregation by sitting in a "white" area at a dinner. The sit-in grew larger and larger till eventually the blacks got served. This marked a success towards the civil rights movements. -
Freedom Ride/Freedom Riders
Groups of whites and blacks would get together and protest peacefully the segregated bus terminals. Typically they formed their party in "whites only" areas. They got physically attacked by police but their freedom rides brought attention to segregation and made it hard to ignore. -
March on Washington
This was a march where more that 20,000 people attended to march from Washington to Lincoln monument they were calling out that there was no jobs open for them. The defense industry was excluding blacks from jobs and only giving them to white people. The significance of the March was Roosevelt Executive Order 8802, which made made unemployment fair. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) & Freedom Summer
This was a project that to increase black voter registration in Mississippi. In the retaliation towards this, whites beat the activist and even murdered some. The SNCC decreased in the long run, because many people began to think that equality could not be achieved. -
Civil Rights Act
Act outlawed discrimination against anyone, not only blacks, and also desegregated schools and let everyone vote. This was the first true gain Americans had received, without it being half-sincere. There was stills discrimination after this, but it help achieved make progress towards violence. White/Black relationships. -
Assassination of Malcolm X
Malcolm X was an African American, very religious, human rights activist, and often spoke out about the injustice of the harsh white world. He was shot by blacks and Muslims, his enemy. Since Malcolm was such a leader to many, his death pushed for the fight to truly liberate all Africans. -
Voting Rights Act
This was an act that aimed to provide equality to Africans by removing unfair literacy tests and issued federal oversight of voters.Often they were given unfair barriers that didint allow them to vote, but with this act, it made it possible for eceryone to get a fair chance at voting, because it gave blacks good outcome in their Civil Right Movement. -
Assassination of MLK
MLK led the Civil Rights Movement and had many admirers/ followers of his non-violence method to achieve equality. When he was assassinated many African Americans were angry and started creating large riots. The significance of MLK death is that a changed followed it ; the Fair Housing Act.
