Civil Rights

  • Emmett Tills Murder

    Emmett Tills Murder

    Who was apart of Emmett Tills Murder?
    J.W. Milam and his half-brother Roy Bryant.
    What is Emmett Tills Murder?
    Brutal murdered
    Where was Emmett Tills Murder?
    Mississippi
    When was Emmett Tills Murder?
    August 28, 1955
    Why was Emmett Tills Murdered?
    Flirting with a white woman
  • Montgomery Bus Boyscott

    Montgomery Bus Boyscott

    Who was apart of Montgomery Bus boyscott?
    Rosa Parks was best known for sparking 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott
    What is this event?
    A protest against racial segregation.
    Where was this event taken place?
    Montgomery, Alabama
    When was the event?
    1955-1956
    Why did they do this event?
    "It signaled that a peaceful protest could result in the changing of laws to protect the equal rights of all people regardless of race."
  • Children's March

    Children's March

    Who was apart of the event?
    James Stewart ,Arnetta Streeter- Gray
    What is Children's March?
    Children's Crusade is a march by hundred of school students.
    Where was the Children's March?
    Birmingham, Alabama
    When was thhis event?
    May 2-3, 1963
    Why did the create a Children's March?
    protest against segregation
  • Mississippi Burning

    Mississippi Burning

    Who was apart of this event?
    Schwerner, Goodman, and Chaney
    What happened in the Mississippi Burning?
    "three activists were abducted and murdered."
    Where was the Mississippi Burning?
    Neshoba County, Mississippi
    When was this event?
    June 21, 1964
    Why was there a Mississippi Burning?
    "Symbolize hardcore resistance to integration"
  • Greensboro Sit -In

    Greensboro Sit -In

    who- Young African Americans
    what- a civil rights protest
    where- Greensboro, North Carolina
    when- 1960
    why- They made the Greensboro Sit- In was a fight for civil rights.
  • Freedom Rides

    Freedom Rides

    who- groups of white and African Americans
    what-" nonviolent political protest during the civil rights movement. "
    where- Alabama, South Carolina and southern states
    when- " a series of political protests against segregation by Blacks and whites who rode buses together through the American South in 1961"
    why- Whey did freedom rides to protest segregated bus terminals
  • Mach on Washington DC

    Mach on Washington DC

    who- Bayard Rustin was named chief coordinator
    what- protest march know as "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom."
    where- The protest was in the front of the Lincoln Memorial
    when- August 28, 1963
    why- "the event aimed to draw attention to continuing challenges and inequalities faced by African Americans a century after emancipation."
  • Bloody Sunday (Selma to Montgomery March)

    Bloody Sunday (Selma to Montgomery March)

    who- led by Father Georgy Gabon
    what- civil rights march to protest the shooting death of an activist Jimmie Lee Jackson.
    where- They gathered at Brown Chapel A.M.E Church
    when-March 7, 1965
    why-protest the death of an activist Jimmie Lee Jackson's shooting death.
  • Memphis Sanitation Strike

    Memphis Sanitation Strike

    who was apart of the Memphis Sanitation Strike?
    Black sanitation workers
    what is the Memphis Sanitation?
    Strike for Memphis Sanitation Workers
    where did this event take place?
    Memphis, Tennessee
    when?
    February 12, 1968
    why did they strike?
    "to demand better working conditions and higher pay."
  • 16th Street Church Bombing

    16th Street Church Bombing

    who was apart of the event?
    Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr., Herman Frank Cash, Bobby Frank Cherry, Robert Edward Chambliss
    what is 16th Street Church Bombing?
    "a white supremacist terrorist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama."
    where was this event ?
    Birmingham, Alabama.
    when was this event?
    Sunday, September 15, 1963
    why did this happen?