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The little rock nine, were nine students who enrolled at an all white school in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957.
These students were escorted by military troops to the school. The students were screamed at, spat on and laughed at. The enrollment was a test of the Brown V. The school board of education. This was one of the main big events that occurred. -
Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, David Richmond, Jibreel Khazan went into a diner to stand up for their rights. They used Gandhi's satyagraha (non-violence).
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When it was aimed to increase the number of black voters in Mississippi. Over 700 white men joined the Black African Americans to fight for their right to vote.
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It was a large riot in Watts neighborhood. I lasted for six days, 34 deaths and 1,032 injuries and 4,000 arrests.
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It was a way to challenge police brutality against African American people. It was founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale
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It was a report that said racism was the main cause of the surge of riots. Headed by Governor Otto Kerner of Illinois, the 11 member was appointed by Pres Lyndon B. Johnson in July 1967 to uncover the causes of urban riots and recommend solutions.
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The riots started due to civil unrest from Martin Luther king's assassination. In Chicago, there was arson, shootings and etc.
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In 1969, a woman named Vivian Strong was killed by police. "But that innocence ended on June 24, 1969 when Larry was 13. A neighborhood kid told her about a party in a vacant apartment in the Logan Fontenelle Housing Projects where they lived. She knew they could get into trouble and steered clear, but her 14-year-old sister went anyway. “I know some of the kids had gone into the empty apartment, and they were playing music,” Larry said. “They were just dancing.”
