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Brown Vs. Board of Education
The black people in Topeka, Kansas wanted their children to have the same types of schools as the white people since the black schools had terrible conditions. They took this issue to court, and they won, so the court ruled that all schools must now be integrated. This is important to the civil rights movement because it was the first step in black people gaining their freedoms. -
Little Rock Nine Enroll into Central High School
The Little Rock Nine were a group of 9 black students who enrolled into Central High School in Georgia. They were the first black students to be accepted into this white only school -
SCLC Founded
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is a Civil Rights group that was a huge contribution to the Civil Rights movement, and Martin Luther King was the first president of it. -
Sibley Commission
After the supreme court made the ruling of Brown Vs. Board of Education, there was a huge outbreak in the south, and many people protested by taking their kids out of school. The governors job was to enforce this law, and was receiving pressure from the Federal Governor, while the people obviously didn't want this. Not knowing what to do, he gave the decision to the General Assembly, who created a special commission for deciding what to do called the Sibley Commission. They opposed Civil Rights. -
SNCC Founded
In Shaw University of 1960, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was formed. It was a civil rights group the consisted mainly of students from colleges. They preformed sit-ins at restaurants and rode on the white seats on the bus. This is important because they were a major contributing factor to the Civil Rights Movement. -
Albany Movement Begins
This was a major non violent protest in Albany, Georgia that was supposed to work for the Civil Rights movement, but it didn't go well. -
Lester Maddox Becomes Governor
Lester Maddox became a Governor of Georgia in 1967. This is important because he hired more black people than he did any other past governor of Georgia combined. -
Lincolnton Protests
SCLC members were protesting in Lincolnton and they were attacked and beaten. This is an important Civil Rights event that happened in Georgia. -
Stokely Carmichael was elected head of SNCC
In 1966, Stokely Carmichael was elected head of the SNCC and he liked to throw around the term "black power" a lot. He also believed in the fact that violence should be used as an act of self-defense. This was important because he changed the SNCC drastically, which eventually led to its downfall. -
Ralph Abernathy Becomes Pres. of SCLC
After Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, a new leader named Ralph Abernathy was elected. This is important because Martin Luther King Jr. was a major Civil Rights Leader and this man couldn't match up to him at all, so this signified a major change in the SCLC and the Civil Rights Movement.