Civil Rights

By S672335
  • Brown V. Board of Education (1954)

    Brown V. Board of Education (1954)

    At this time they were fighting for the freedom of white and colored children to go to whatever schools they like to without being segregated. This means the end of school segregation for the children.
  • Montgomery Bus boycott (1955)

    Montgomery Bus boycott (1955)

    At this time this was a protest about people refusing to sit segregated from other people.
  • Little Rock Nine (1957)

    Little Rock Nine (1957)

    Nine black students were enrolled in a only whites school by the support of the U.S Supreme Court. The school in Little Rock was called Little Rock central High School. The nine black students were hated on and one of the students had enough of it and they fought back and had been expelled from the school. The Little Rock Nine was verbally and physically abused. The Little Rock nine was escorted with national troops to protect them from the hatred. To this day eight of them are still alive.
  • First Lunch Counter Sit-in (1960)

    First Lunch Counter Sit-in (1960)

    At this time 4 black students went to an whites- only restaurant and the boys politely asked for service but it was denied just for the color of their skin. They refused to leave and this lead to the freedom to sit wherever and it lead to a success so now they are free to sit wherever thanks to Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. This law also went through the South as well.
  • Freedom Rides (1961)

    Freedom Rides (1961)

    At this time whites and blacks protested while sitting together in the same bus. The people protested around the South because there was most of the discrimination in the South.
  • Birmingham Campaign (1963)

    Birmingham Campaign (1963)

    This was a non-violent protest where the black people are tired of segregation. African Americans wanted no violence, but the white troops were being so aggressive and hateful they started to get violent. So it at the end it became violent but the protesters did not hold back.
  • March on Washington (1963)

    March on Washington (1963)

    At this time, this was the Civil Rights movement where African Americans were fighting for their rights and freedoms for jobs.
  • Civil Rights Act (1964)

    Civil Rights Act (1964)

    This is a law that outlawed discrimination for race, color, sex, religion, and national origin.
  • Voting Rights (1965)

    Voting Rights (1965)

    This gave African American people the right to vote no matter the color of their skin without being discriminaited.